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), a brief, breezy, illustrated volume which is the best-selling statistics book of all time. Over one-half million copies have been sold in the English language edition. In 2003 the Department of Economics of Shanghai University published an edition in Chinese which is the most recent of many translations. The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Statistics is a type of data analysis whose practice includes the planning, summarizing, and interpreting of observations of a system possibly followed by predicting or forecasting of future events based on a mathematical model of the system being observed. ... Shanghai University (上海大学) is a public university in Shanghai, China. ...

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. The University of Iowa is a university in Iowa City, Iowa. ... A freelancer or (freelance worker) is a self-employed person working in a profession or trade in which full-time employment by a single employer is also common. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...

See also

Lies, damned lies, and statistics This well-known saying is part of a phrase attributed to Benjamin Disraeli and popularized in the U.S. by Mark Twain: There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. ...

External links

• J.M. Steele, Darrell Huff and Fifty Years of "How to Lie with Statistics" (PDF, 126 KB).