In this sequel to the acclaimed iDamned Lies and Statistics, iwhich the iBoston Globe isaid deserves a place next to the dictionary on every school, media, and home-office desk, Joel Best continues his straightforward, lively, and humorous account of how statistics are produced, used, and misused by everyone from researchers to journalists. Underlining the importance of critical thinking in all matters numerical, Best illustrates his points with examples of good and bad statistics about such contemporary concerns as school shootings, fatal hospital errors, bullying, teen suicides, deaths at the World Trade Center, college ratings, the risks of divorce, racial profiling, and fatalities caused by falling coconuts. iMore Damned Lies and Statistics iencourages all of us to think in a more sophisticated and skeptical manner about how statistics are used to promote causes, create fear, and advance particular points of view. br br Best identifies different sorts of numbers that shape how we t