Great short book for gaining mastery on Statistics/Averages questions

vanessa fisher

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to share a great book I came across called "How to Lie with Statistics" by Darrell Huff (it's an old classic)
https://www.amazon.ca/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728

If you are like me and numbers aren't your strongest suit, this book is a life saver. It's short and easy to read (you could whip through it in a day) and will help you a lot with questions on the LSAT that have to do with finding statistical errors or finding problems with uses of averages, which is where I found I had some weaknesses. Highly recommend.

Here is the overview:
"Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sample study, the tabulation method, the interview technique, or the way the results are derived from the figures, and points out the countless number of dodges which are used to fool rather than to inform."

jurisprudent

Thank you!

NotMyName

Thanks for sharing. Looks interesting in it's own right!

Alex

Thanks! I love outside readings that help with the LSAT.

vanessa fisher

you're welcome, all. I think you'll enjoy it.

@jatz1488, it is totally a fascinating read in it's own right. I feel like I'll never look at statistics the same way again