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How to Cheat With Statistics - And Get Away With It

How to Cheat With Statistics - And Get Away With It From Data Snooping Over Kitchen Sink Regression to "Creative Reporting"

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Publisher's Synopsis

The book explains how to identify and catch statistical cheaters. The author came across many weaknesses and flaws in statistics through 30 years of teaching. These weaknesses allow a malevolent researcher to manipulate the inputs, the calculations, and the reporting of results to derive a desired outcome.This book should be valuable to everyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the weaknesses in statistics and learn how to evaluate statistical research to catch a statistical cheater!The math is explained in simple terms and should be easy to follow. In addition, the book comes with 18 Excel spreadsheets and 7 Python codes. There are also questions and problems at the end of each chapter, which should facilitate the usage in a classroom. Answers to the questions and problems are available to instructors upon request.

Book information

ISBN: 9789811251719
Publisher: World Scientific
Imprint: World Scientific Publishing
Pub date:
DEWEY: 001.422
DEWEY edition: 23/eng20220328
Language: English
Number of pages: 136
Weight: 354g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 10mm