girl math or how numbers won’t fool me

Great books about misuse and misrepresentation of numbers, statistics and algorithms

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created by busia1999

last updated August, 2026

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Fantastic title and interesting picks! 💖

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thank you🫶🏾

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loveeeee this

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thankss 🩷

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as a statistics major... obsessed!

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I just finished Model Land which might be a good fit here. The author spends a lot of time trying to explain how models are manipulated and used to meet various agendas.

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added! thank you!

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Love love love this list, just voted for it to become a quest!! Highly recommend More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech. Blew my mind and paved the way for me to get deeper into this subject!!

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Thank you so much! Added!

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Saw this on the sheet of lists nominated to become quests—congrats!—and I love it. If you’re open to recs, I think Calling Bullshit by Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West could be a good addition here.

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Omg yes, I love this book! I can’t believe I forgot about it!

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Hooray! It’s a favorite of mine too!

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