… to a thoughtful analysis is viewing data and statistics as static, rather than dynamic. Again, …
the true level of confidence we should have in the statistics. Several years ago, for example, I …

… analysis is viewing data and statistics as static, rather than dynamic. Again, numbers are
people; and … the data to determine the true level of confidence we should have in the statistics. …

… tanks that published these statistics were attempting to sell … with many about BS motivated
me to write No BS (Bad Stats). … of education statistics and data because bad stats engender …

… There is no doubt that statisticians can be wrong and for that matter every human being can
… Is it a syndrome of firing the cook if the dish is bad? It is also not known how the true status of …

… The very fact that we often encounter such statistics may help explain why Toldson has
so many “bad stats” to debunk. If we are familiar with the idea that blacks are more likely …

… Researchers commonly use p-values to test the "null hypothesis", ie, no differences between
two groups or no correlation between a pair of characteristics. The smaller the p-value is, …

… We must trust our colleagues and believe that there are no intended lies, just honest mistakes.
Why do these mistakes occur? There are probably many causes such as poor hypotheses…

… one call for A of the day) = P(one call for A of the day and no calls for the rest of the day) = …
It may be said that probability sees the population and predicts the sample, while statistics …

… statistics are artifacts, I presume, of our decimal system; in a base 12 system, wed no doubt
have many 8 1/3 percent statistics. … But no one rides around with a bumper sticker reading No …

… The 6 years was never mentioned in the scientific article, but it was this derived statistic that
… “crude”–and often misleading–statistics. Figures should also avoid uncorrected comparisons…