Additional Readings

Here are some other books by John Harvey Murray, published by ­Create Space, also available on Kindle.

How to Avoid Being Misled by Statistics

Don’t be One of the 60% Who Are Below Average

Three kinds of people ought to read this book.

Firstly, there are those who use statistics in their work: accountants, scientists, advertisers, marketers, politicians, and journalists. If you are in one of these categories, I would like to help you to maintain, or aspire to, a reasonable standard of honesty and integrity, so that people can trust what you say, and so that you do not even mislead yourself as well as others.

Secondly, there are cynics who think statistics can never be trusted and are just tools used by liars. I want to show ...

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