Proofiness

the dark arts of mathematical deception

English language

Published Dec. 15, 2010 by Viking.

ISBN:
978-0-670-02216-8
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OCLC Number:
555645059

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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.

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