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Title: Good points, but misleading applications
Review: I teach statistics and research methods to both undergraduates and graduate students, and am always on the lookout for news articles, advertisements, and the like that illustrate any poor and improper uses of statistics in the "real world" in order to get students to recognize them more easily when confronted by them. So it was with great expectation that I came to this book. And I would have to say that I was not disappointed in the statistical points raised. They are all right on the mark. However, as I read through example after example of the misuse of statistics and statistical thinking, I began to notice that the bulk of them were made by liberals. The "subtext" message that was coming across, intended or not, is that only liberals use shoddy statistics to further their political agendas. I bought the book originally with the hope that I could use it as a supplementary text for my students, but because of this perceived bias I won't.
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