Standard deviations : flawed assumptions, tortured data and other ways to lie with statistics
Gary, Smith
Standard deviations : flawed assumptions, tortured data and other ways to lie with statistics - London Duckworth Overlook, 2014 - iii,326p.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 3
1. Patterns, Patterns, Patterns 7
2. Garbage In, Gospel Out 25
3. Apples and Prunes 43
4. Oops! 55
5. Graphical Gaffes 71
6. Common Nonsense 91
7. Confound It! 105
B. When You're Hot, You're Not 123
9. Regression 137
10. Even Steven 159
11. The Texas Sharpshooter 163
12. The Ultimate Procrastination 175
13. Serious Omissions 185
1U. Flimsy Theories and Rotten Data 201
15. Don't Confuse Me With Facts 213
16. Data Without Theory 233
17. Betting the Bank 263
IB. Theory Without Data 281
19. When to Be Persuaded and When
to Be Skeptical 289
SOURCES 299
INDEX 321
9780715649145
519.5 / SMI
Standard deviations : flawed assumptions, tortured data and other ways to lie with statistics - London Duckworth Overlook, 2014 - iii,326p.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 3
1. Patterns, Patterns, Patterns 7
2. Garbage In, Gospel Out 25
3. Apples and Prunes 43
4. Oops! 55
5. Graphical Gaffes 71
6. Common Nonsense 91
7. Confound It! 105
B. When You're Hot, You're Not 123
9. Regression 137
10. Even Steven 159
11. The Texas Sharpshooter 163
12. The Ultimate Procrastination 175
13. Serious Omissions 185
1U. Flimsy Theories and Rotten Data 201
15. Don't Confuse Me With Facts 213
16. Data Without Theory 233
17. Betting the Bank 263
IB. Theory Without Data 281
19. When to Be Persuaded and When
to Be Skeptical 289
SOURCES 299
INDEX 321
9780715649145
519.5 / SMI