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

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

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General MathematicsProbability & Statistics

ISBN10: 9811252483
ISBN13: 9789811252488
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: Sep 30 2022
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.29 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.

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