Comments on: INNUMERACY

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Oh, I quite enjoyed the old, "How to lie with statistics" (not by the same author, but very interesting) and the somewhat newer, "How to lie with maps."

By: Guy Cabot

Guy Cabot — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

BTW, Paulos has a new book out concerning his (mis)adventures playing the stock market. Really good stuff on heuristics.

I enjoyed his explanation about the "anchoring effect" which applies beyond numeracy.

By: bryan

bryan — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Hey, give these journalists a break. they haven't even been able to figure out that the Big Ten has 11 teams.

By: GT

GT — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Sullivan should refrain from having strong opinions about things he does not understand.

By: bryan

bryan — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

So, GT, Sully should just shut down his blog, then? ;-)

I think your recommendation would spell the end of the entire blogosphere.

By: Arguing with signposts...

Arguing with signposts... — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Truth in Advertising
Apropos of the start of college football, I thought I'd offer this suggestion to my innumerate brethren and sistren in the sports news business: The Big Ten™ is not. The Big Ten Conference is an association of 11 world-class universities...

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