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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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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2011Penguin Books · 320 pages · 9780143120070
- Hardcover · English · 2010Viking Adult · 304 pages · 9780670022168
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