Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
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.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Showing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers
Sep 27, 2011, Penguin Books
paperback
0143120077 9780143120070
|
eeee
|
2
Proofiness: the dark arts of mathematical deception
2010, Viking
in English
0670022160 9780670022168
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
2010, Viking Adult, Viking
Hardcover
0670022160 9780670022168
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Source records
Library of Congress MARC recordmarc_openlibraries_phillipsacademy MARC record
marc_openlibraries_sanfranciscopubliclibrary MARC record
Internet Archive item record
Internet Archive item record
Library of Congress MARC record
Better World Books record
marc_columbia MARC record
harvard_bibliographic_metadata record
marc_nuls MARC record
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?December 24, 2022 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
November 21, 2022 | Edited by Stew | Add subtitle. |
November 18, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
August 6, 2021 | Edited by New York Times Bestsellers Bot | Add NYT review links |
December 2, 2010 | Created by T.N. Tobias | Added new book. |