Relatively short article, doesn't require any mathematical knowledge:
The short book "How to Lie with Statistics" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_Statistics gives similar examples of this. It's a useful little book to read esp. if don't know much math(s) (and so might never read more heavy books).
Misinformation can be beautiful too
Data visualisation creates powerful, elegant images from complex information, but can also be potentially deceptive
http://timharford.com/2013/05/misinformation-can-be-beautiful-too/
The short book "How to Lie with Statistics" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_Statistics gives similar examples of this. It's a useful little book to read esp. if don't know much math(s) (and so might never read more heavy books).