My statistics teacher made me read that in college, it's a good book. Basically, it shows you how politicians and the media lie with statistics, and how to spot their lies. That said, it can be a sort of "how to", but don't blame the author who tried to do a good thing.
It also came up in Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell (or maybe it was Basic Economics?).
He cited two conflicting news stories about what seemed to be the same economic trend; then proceeded to break them down and reveal how both were accurate about their own facts but wrong about their conclusions.
My statistics teacher made me read that in college, it's a good book. Basically, it shows you how politicians and the media lie with statistics, and how to spot their lies. That said, it can be a sort of "how to", but don't blame the author who tried to do a good thing.
It also came up in Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell (or maybe it was Basic Economics?).
He cited two conflicting news stories about what seemed to be the same economic trend; then proceeded to break them down and reveal how both were accurate about their own facts but wrong about their conclusions.