Book 2011
Proofiness
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- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Published
- 2011
- maths
- mathematics
- statistics
- politics
- lying
- ethics
- elections
- criminal justice
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.