Huff, Darrell,
How to Lie with Statistics
. New York, N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1954. Most of the authors who write statistics books have read this one. It may have caused some people to believe statistics is lying.
Huff, Darrell,
How to Take a Chance
. New York, N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1959. More of the same. Both of these books are readable and entertaining. The illustrations really sell these books. Everyone should read them.
Kline, Morris,
Mathematics in Western Culture
. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1964. Read all of it. Chapters XXI-XXIV involve probability and statistics. Find out who Graunt, Petty and Quételet were.
Kramer, Edna E., The
Main Stream of Mathematics
. New York, N.Y.: Fawcett World Library, n.d., Copyright 1951 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Chapter 8 covers statistics.
Slonim, Morris James,
Sampling, A Quick, Reliable Guide to Practical
Statistics
. New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, 1966.
Steen, Lynn Arthur, Editor,
Mathematics Today: Twelve Informal Essays
. New York, N.Y.: Springer-Verlag, 1979.
Steen, Lynn Arthur, Editor,
Mathematics Tomorrow
. New York, N.Y.: Springer-Verlag,1981.
Weaver, Warren,
Lady Luck: The Theory of Probability
. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books; Doubleday and Company, Inc., n.d., Copyright 1963 by Educational Services Incorporated.
Youden, W.J.,
Experimentation and Measurement
. New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Book Services, 1962, Copyright 1962 by the National Science Teachers Association, Inc. The book that motivated the measurement unit. It introduces the statistics of measurement, the normal curve, accuracy, bias, precision.