ProofinessCharles Seife
Proofiness
Charles Seife · 2010
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About the book
In the tradition of Stephen Colbert's concept of truthiness, Proofiness explores the intersection of chicanery and mathematics. The author explores regression, false correlation, Potemkin numbers, and a variety of other sketchy techniques used to make people think that the data reflect patterns that don't exist in actuality. How to Lie With Statistics would strike me as a readalike.
Book details
- Year
- 2010
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Editions
- 4
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9780670022168
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