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Statistics & Data Science

Data Literacy & Statistical Misuse

The failure modes — worth more practical attention than most of the theory.

10 topics · 3 curated works

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Curated reading

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No prior grounding assumed.

The Visual Display of Quantitative InformationEdward Tufte, 1983
Establishes data-ink ratio and graphical integrity as the standards by which any chart should be judged.
Book
How to Lie with StatisticsDarrell Huff, 1954
A short catalogue of the standard statistical deceptions, still the fastest inoculation against most of them.
Book

Then

Assumes you know the vocabulary.

Why Most Published Research Findings Are FalseJohn P. A. Ioannidis, 2005· 6 pages· Free
Shows that under realistic assumptions about power, bias and prior probability, most published positive findings will not replicate.
Paper

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This subject genuinely sits in more than one domain. These fields approach the same ground with different methods.

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