Misused Statistics

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Av Herbert Spirer, Louise Spirer

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"Revised and updated edition of a standard in the field. Alerts readers to the problems, inherent in statistical practice-illustrating the types of misused statistics with well-documented, real-world examples, nearly half new to this edition, drawn from a wide range of areas, including the media, public policy, polls and surveys, political elections and debates, advertising, science and health care, and business and economics."

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Utgivningsdatum2019-09-05
Mått156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor280
Upplaga2
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367400392

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Matematisk statistik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Setting the stage; categories of misuses; know the subject matter; definitions; quality of basic data; graphics and presentation; methodology - a brief review; faulty interpretation; surveys and polls - getting the data; surveys and polls -analyzing the data; the law of parsimony - Ockham's razor; thinking - lack of forethought, lack of afterthought; ectoplastics; the body politic - governments and polititions; afterword.