How To Cheat With Statistics - And Get Away With It: From Data Snooping Over Kitchen Sink Regression To "Creative Report...

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.

Format	Häftad
Omfång	136 sidor
Språk	Engelska
Förlag	World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Utgivningsdatum	2022-09-30
ISBN	9789811252488