Use and misuse of quantitative and graphical Information in Statistics An Approach in Teaching
Miscellaneous examples of misleading statistical data or interpretation are presented in a form suitable for students in mathematics or Social Sciences during a first course of statistics. The aim is to promote critical thinking when confronted (mainly by the media or scientific papers) by informati...
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Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden
2012
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| Online Access: | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-79579 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-79579 http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/7957/Proceedings-636pages-Dresden2009_106-110.pdf |
| Summary: | Miscellaneous examples of misleading statistical data or interpretation are presented in a form suitable for students in mathematics or Social Sciences during a first course of statistics. The aim is to promote critical thinking when confronted (mainly by the media or scientific papers) by information that is biased, incomplete, poorly defined, or deliberately oriented towards a preconceived target. Starting with the simple manipulation of Simpson paradox, the emphasis is put on the need for counfounding in the analysis of relationship between variables. |
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