Darrell Huff

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 up the countless number of dodges which are used to fool rather than to inform.

Explains in the ways in which the laws of probability may be applied to political forecasting, gambling, and the weather

An all-in-one compendium of easy techniques for all kinds of calculations, from personal finance to home improvement. Budgeting and personal finance, planning for retirement, buying a house, estimating travel and leisure expenses, estimating costs of home repair: modern life presents us with an array of calculations we need to make but may not know how. Now, with his trademark wry humor and simple language, Darrell Huff explains how to figure: the likely outcome of different investments; how much home insurance is enough; whether it makes more sense to buy or lease a new car; the most efficient way to save for future needs, from vacations to college tuition; air-conditioning and heating requirements for a new house; how many rolls of wallpaper you will need for a particular room; and much more. Here are tips for getting the most out of a modest pocket calculator or home computer to make tedious calcuations easy, a handy chapter on "Math in a Hurry," and even tips on improving your chances in tennis, horse racing, and blackjack. Line drawings

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A book of this grade is generally well kept and is in good shape to read and store. Sturdy spine, all pages intact physically. Solid cover. Might have acceptable shelve wear. Might, rarely, have very limited notes.

Excellent Book

Gebruik en Misbruik van de Statistiek (Dutch Edition) by Darrell Huff. 1961 mass market paperback published by Prisma-boeken. Text in Dutch. Original English How to Lie with Statistics.

This book will help you master test taking if you think the odds are against you.

From PETER KENDRICK, just out of high school, lands a lob in a small commercial photographic studio in Chicago. Pete has a dual aim. He wants to get started in his profession so he’ll be ready to take his place in the post-war world. But first he wants to be prepared to take a photographic assignment when he goes into his country's service. After covering football games, livestock shows, studio set-up shots and angry bees abroad, he gets his big chance-to do a complete picture story of the Great Lakes Training Station for the picture magazine Look. We follow the activities of Pete and Jo-Ed, the attractive, alert young girl who works in the same studio, from the conception of the idea, through researching the job, preparing a script, taking the pictures. processing and captioning-ending with an inside view of what happens after Look receives the material. The actual photographs of this assignment are in the book, as they appeared in Look, through the courtesy of that magazine.

Child's dog story/picture book.