Standard deviations : flawed assumptions, tortured data and other ways to lie with statistics

By:

Gary, Smith

Publication details: Duckworth Overlook, 2014 LondonDescription: iii,326pISBN:

9780715649145

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

519.5 SMI

Contents:

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

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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

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