There's a surprisingly solid set of introductions to statistics published by the UK Government here<http://www.parliament.uk/topics/Statistics-policyArchive.htm>. I think the guide to statistical charts<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parliament.uk%2Fbriefingpapers%2Fcommons%2Flib%2Fresearch%2Fbriefings%2Fsnsg-05073.pdf>is particularly good (it reads like a practical guide to the good bits of Tufte).
-- R
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