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Interesting overview of how statistics can be used and misused in regards to policy making. Assumes some familiarity with stats. The prose is great. This dates from before Tufte's display and presentation work, so don't look here if you want something graphical.
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Edward Tufte is Professor Emeritus at Yale University where he taught courses in statistical evidence and information design. He also served as Professor of Public Affairs at Princeton University
Edward R. Tufte is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.
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- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Science & Nature, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 519.502432 — Natural sciences & mathematics Mathematics Probabilities and applied mathematics Statistical Mathematics
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- HA29 .T782 — Social sciences Statistics Statistics Theory and method of social science statistics
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Statistics
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