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Newsy Numbers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the math-is-a-wonderful-thing dept.

EriDay writes "The Wall Street Journal has a new feature called The Numbers Guy about "the way numbers and statistics are used - and abused - in the news, business and politics". The first installment lets us know that somewhere between 0 and 1 Billion (or more) people will be killed by Asian bird flu."

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  1. Statistical Lies... by Allen+Zadr · · Score: 5, Informative

    First published in 1954: How to Lie With Statistics

    Good book, recommended reading, if you like the above article.

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    Kinetic stupidity has a new brand leader: Allen Zadr.