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minus-squarekender242@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months ago“Trust in numbers” was an eye opening book I had to read for a university course. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691208411/trust-in-numbers The idea that “It’s difficult to get numbers to tell you the truth” despite how people tend to think hard data is not falsifiable - was my main take.
minus-squareundercrust@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoFor a really good riff on this same idea, I like “How to Lie With Statistics” by Darrell Huff, and it’s all illustrated! Great, easy to understand breakdown of how statistics can be manipulated.
“Trust in numbers” was an eye opening book I had to read for a university course.
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691208411/trust-in-numbers
The idea that “It’s difficult to get numbers to tell you the truth” despite how people tend to think hard data is not falsifiable - was my main take.
For a really good riff on this same idea, I like “How to Lie With Statistics” by Darrell Huff, and it’s all illustrated!
Great, easy to understand breakdown of how statistics can be manipulated.