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Line 25: '''''How to Lie with Statistics''''' is a book written by [[Darrell Huff]] in 1954 presenting an introduction to [[statistics]] for the general reader. Not a statistician, Huff was a journalist who wrote many "how to" articles as a freelancer. The book is a brief, breezy illustrated volume outlining errors when it comes to the interpretation of statistics, and how these errors may create incorrect conclusions. In the 1960s and 1970s, it became a standard textbook introduction to the subject of statistics for many college students. It has become one of the best-selling statistics books in history, with over one and a half million copies sold in the English-language edition.<ref name="fiftyyears">"Over the last fifty years, How to Lie with Statistics has sold more copies than any other statistical text." J. M. Steele. "[http://www-stat.wharton.upenn.edu/~steele/Publications/PDF/TN148.pdf Darrell Huff and Fifty Years of ''How to Lie with Statistics'']. ''Statistical Science'', 20 (3), 2005, 205–209.</ref> It has also been widely translated. Line 35: == Controversy == In the ~~1960’s~~1960s Huff was funded by the tobacco industry to produce a ~~followup~~follow-up book titled ''How to Lie with Smoking Statistics'' that attempted to use statistical arguments to undermine claims that smoking was harmful to health. The book was never published but Huff has subsequently been criticised by statisticians for his involvement and the arguments advanced in draft copies.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.refsmmat.com/articles/smoking-statistics.html\|title=The history of "How to Lie with Smoking Statistics"\|website=www.refsmmat.com\|access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Gelman\|first=Andrew\|date=2012\|title=Statistics for Cigarette Sellers\|url=http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/ChanceEthics4.pdf\|journal=CHANCE\|volume=25.3\|pages=~~43-46~~43–46\|via=}}</ref> ==See also==

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