Timeline for Impressive common misleading interpretations in statistics to make students aware of
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| Jan 3, 2017 at 10:09 | answer | added | Benoît Kloeckner | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 25, 2015 at 1:31 | comment | added | James S. Cook | I'm surprised no one hasn't said that: "98 percent of statistics are made up". Although, fun fact, 50% of marriages in the USA do NOT end in divorce. | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 16:01 | vote | accept | Markus Klein | ||
| Jun 14, 2014 at 2:43 | answer | added | ncr | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 14, 2014 at 1:07 | answer | added | JTP - Apologise to Monica | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 13, 2014 at 18:03 | comment | added | Tutor | @Flounderer "I am not allowed to answer" =? | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 22:49 | comment | added | Flounderer | I am not allowed to answer, but someone should mention the Will Rogers phenomenon; often, if you have two sets of numbers, you can increase the averages of both just by moving things from one to the other. This has relevance in medicine. Alternatively, open any newspaper and you can find an avalanche of bad statistics. For example, a recent news story claims that it's "shocking" that the number of women over-50 in the UK giving birth has doubled in four years... to 154. | |
| Apr 9, 2014 at 14:22 | history | protected | quid | ||
| Apr 9, 2014 at 14:22 | comment | added | quid | I protect this for now; please feel free to contact me if you prefer it undone. | |
| Apr 9, 2014 at 13:57 | answer | added | vsz | timeline score: 55 | |
| Apr 8, 2014 at 20:12 | answer | added | Museful | timeline score: 11 | |
| Apr 7, 2014 at 23:40 | answer | added | Joe K | timeline score: 27 | |
| Apr 7, 2014 at 8:53 | history | edited | Markus Klein |
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| Apr 7, 2014 at 8:52 | answer | added | Martín-Blas Pérez Pinilla | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 7, 2014 at 7:47 | comment | added | J W | I see this question is tagged secondary education, but it applies equally to tertiary education. | |
| Apr 7, 2014 at 4:00 | comment | added | vzn | several books on this see eg how to lie with statistics Huff | |
| Apr 6, 2014 at 21:01 | answer | added | user1815 | timeline score: 8 | |
| Apr 6, 2014 at 20:10 | answer | added | Venge | timeline score: 63 | |
| Apr 6, 2014 at 14:31 | answer | added | gnasher729 | timeline score: 17 | |
| Apr 6, 2014 at 12:20 | answer | added | user1815 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 6, 2014 at 6:59 | comment | added | Nick Stauner | See also What are common statistical sins? on Cross Validated. | |
| Apr 6, 2014 at 5:45 | answer | added | András Bátkai | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 6, 2014 at 2:04 | answer | added | Mark Wildon | timeline score: 37 | |
| Apr 6, 2014 at 1:43 | answer | added | Noah | timeline score: 61 | |
| Apr 6, 2014 at 1:32 | answer | added | Mark Wildon | timeline score: 9 | |
| Apr 6, 2014 at 1:03 | answer | added | Alecos Papadopoulos | timeline score: 22 | |
| S Apr 5, 2014 at 23:38 | history | edited | Brendan W. Sullivan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 5, 2014 at 23:16 | answer | added | Neil Strickland | timeline score: 46 | |
| Apr 5, 2014 at 20:33 | answer | added | András Bátkai | timeline score: 10 | |
| Apr 5, 2014 at 20:25 | answer | added | Benoît Kloeckner | timeline score: 25 | |
| S Apr 5, 2014 at 20:04 | answer | added | Markus Klein | timeline score: 6 | |
| S Apr 5, 2014 at 20:04 | history | asked | Markus Klein | CC BY-SA 3.0 |