Thanks for pointing this out! If you want to outsmart a crook, learn his tricks — #DarrellHuff explains exactly how in his book #HowToLieWithStatistics.
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I think @afalli even have better context on the validity and resilience in spite of poor performance.
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Only if taken on face value. My experience is that knowing the methodology and interpretation makes all the difference. Ever heard of the Book How To Lie With Statistics by @DarrellHuff?
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#TÜİK
Yine acayip büyümüşüz..!
😄😄
“yalan üçe ayrılır;
~Yalan,
~Kuyruklu yalan,
~İstatistik..”
#DarrellHuff
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4. Berbohong dengan Statistik
Buku ini pertama kali diterbitkan KPG, Mei 2002. Kini bukunya dicetak ulang dengan wajah baru. Siapa nih yang dari kemarin mengusulkan buku ini diproduksi lagi?
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#BerbohongdenganStatistik #DarrellHuff
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Aylarca matematik bilgisi olmayan insanları kandırmayı başardılar.Tezgahları meydana çıktığında hemen çarpıcı bir açıklama yapıp olayı örtbas ettiler.İstatistik nasıl bir yalan öğrenmek için ufak bir misal⤵
#megersegripmis #darrellhuff
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Ah! Someone seems to have read the longtime bestseller “How to lie with statistics” by #DarrellHuff, especially the dodges “which are used to fool rather than to inform.” #coronavirus #misinformation.
Trump on coronavirus: "If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any" hill.cm/cgopCf5
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#BillGates photo with #books suggesting he reads a lot but the intriguing thing is what he reads.
On the zoomed in piece you can see the book on top.
"HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS" by
#DarrellHuff
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Classic quote: “Permitting statistical treatment and the hypnotic presence of numbers and decimal points to befog causal relationships is little better than superstition.”
― Darrell Huff, How to Lie with Statistics #HowtoLiewithStatistics #StatsBook #DarrellHuff
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