This book introduces the reader to the niceties of samples (random or stratified random), averages (mean, median or modal), errors (probable, standard or unintentional), graphs, indexes, and other tools of democratic persuasion.

"There is terror in numbers," writes Darrell Huff in How to Lie with Statistics. And nowhere does this terror translate to blind acceptance of authority more than in the slippery world of averages, correlations, graphs, and trends. Huff sought to break through "the daze that follows the collision of statistics with the human mind" with this slim volume, first published in 1954....(展开全部)

"There is terror in numbers," writes Darrell Huff in How to Lie with Statistics. And nowhere does this terror translate to blind acceptance of authority more than in the slippery world of averages, correlations, graphs, and trends. Huff sought to break through "the daze that follows the collision of statistics with the human mind" with this slim volume, first published in 1954....(展开全部)

This book introduces the reader to the niceties of samples (random or stratified random), averages (mean, median or modal), errors (probable, standard or unintentional), graphs, indexes, and other tools of democratic persuasion.

Did you know that baseball players whose names begin with the letter “D” are more likely to die young? Or that Asian Americans are most susceptible to heart attacks on the fourth day of the month? Or that drinking a full pot of coffee every morning will add years to your life, but one cup a day increases the risk of pancreatic cancer? All of these “facts” have been argued with ...(展开全部)

Did you know that baseball players whose names begin with the letter “D” are more likely to die young? Or that Asian Americans are most susceptible to heart attacks on the fourth day of the month? Or that drinking a full pot of coffee every morning will add years to your life, but one cup a day increases the risk of pancreatic cancer? All of these “facts” have been argued with ...(展开全部)

“Stunning and heart-gripping.” —André Aciman, author of Call Me By Your Name The award-winning, bestselling French novel by Philippe Besson—“the French Brokeback Mountain” (Elle)—about an affair between two teenage boys in 1984 France, translated with subtle beauty and haunting lyricism by the iconic and internationally acclaimed actress/writer Molly Ringwald. We drive at high ...(展开全部)

From the editors of Sight Unseen, an anti-decorating book that champions a new approach to interiors-simply surrounding yourself with objects you love. "A refreshing, and necessary, counternarrative to shop-this-look consumerism and the aesthetic sameness that afflicts so many interiors.”-Vulture In the modern home, it matters less whether your interior is perfectly appointed a...(展开全部)

迈克•贝克特尔（Mike Bechtle） 金牌培训师、畅销书作家。毕业于美国亚利桑那州立大学，获教育学博士学位，有多年大学及政府部门的从业经验，现任富兰克林科威公司（Franklin Covey，由《高效能人士的七个习惯》作者Stephen R. Covey博士创建）高级培训顾问，先后为世界500强企业进行过2500多场研讨会形式的讲座。 著有《跟任何人都聊得来》《不为他人抓狂》《高难度对话》等畅销书，曾在《企业家》（Entrepreneur）等知名杂志上发表多篇文章。 其中《跟任何人都聊得来》中文版上市以来，受到无数媒体和读者的喜爱。曾获—— 企业家喜爱的商业图书评选候选书目（2014） 《中国新闻出版报》2014年经管类好书榜 豆瓣读书年度图书榜（2014 /非虚构类） 《人民日报》2017年暑假推荐阅读书目（沟通交流类）

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