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I trust someone who acknowledges that statistics can be used deceptively vastly more than I trust someone who doesn't.

I mean that book is basically required reading for Statistics 101. Doesn't everyone have a copy?

A comment from a high school math teacher concerning that book (which yes, was commonplace to read even decades ago, even among high school AP students) has stuck with me: "It's definitely possible to lie with statistics, but wait until you see how much you can get away with without them!"

The book "how to lie with statistics" (1954) was written before tags like /s were invented. Referencing "how to lie with statistics" is an indicator that the author is trying to avoid common pitfalls in statistical reasoning.

I own an inherited blue Pelican paperbook copy from my pharmacist grandfather.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_Statistics

>Personally I wouldn't trust a stastical model from someone who advertises that they own the book "how to lie with statistics" and obviously used it

why?