Darrell Huff
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Darrell Huff (July 15, 1913 - June 27, 2001) was an American writer, and is best known as the author of How to Lie with Statistics (1954), the best-selling statistics book of all time.[1]
Huff was born in Gowrie, Iowa, and educated at the University of Iowa, (BA 1938, MA 1937). Before turning to full time writing in 1946, Huff served as editor of Better Homes and Gardens and Liberty magazine. As a freelancer, Huff produced hundreds of "How to" feature articles and wrote at least sixteen books, most of which concerned household projects. One of his biggest projects was a prize winning home in Carmel, California where he lived until his death.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Over the last fifty years, How to Lie with Statistics has sold more copies than any other statistical text." J.M. Steele. "Darrell Huff and Fifty Years of How to Lie with Statistics. Statistical Science, 20 (3), 2005, 205–209.
[edit] See also
- Statisticulation
- Exaggeration
- Lies, damned lies, and statistics
