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by anuragojha 3188 days ago
Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Do you know of any good writing on the web or print that talks more about such abuses in the analytics and corporate world? Interested to learn how to spot when kooky tactics are at play in a tech/corporate setting, specially when its willful.
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"Proofiness" : https://www.amazon.com/Proofiness-Youre-Being-Fooled-Numbers...

It is also a common tread in books by Tufte : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Tufte

I like "Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative" : https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Explanations-Quantities-Eviden...