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Statistics don't lie, but they sure can be misuse ... Seventy-three percent of all statistics are made up, including this one. ... You can't get away from statistics of one kind or another in everything from news articles to advertising. Anyone can lend an air of greater legitimacy to their argument by quoting a few vague...
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www.hwcn.org/~an188/a2_stats.html
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Ever taken a statistics course? Most stats lecturers devote a special moment to highlight how statistics can be misused. For instance my tutor once showed us a graph like this:
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irishliberty.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/more-on-inequalit...
irishliberty.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/more-on-inequality-and-misuse-of-statistics/
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This means that the data points should be clearly visible , form the heart of the graph, and should not be overwhelmed by axes, titles, reference lines, ... Use the appropriate graph for the appropriate purpose. Most of the many graphs presented in Excel are POOR CHOICES! In particular, never use a pie chart!
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www.math.sfu.ca/~cschwarz/Stat-301/Handouts/node8.html
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Below are two bar graphs.. The pink is Duderstadt's comparison of "state support" as a percentage of the total U-M budget, the yellowed "stacked bar" graph is a more appropriate representation of state funding showing that U-M administrative spending is rising at a faster rate than the rise in state appropriations.
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www.chetlyzarko.com/commentary/misused-stats.html
www.chetlyzarko.com/commentary/misused-stats.html
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Understand what is an assumption vs. what is known data ... Be clear about what you want to discover (e.g. mean score) ... Understand if sample is random...
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www.sba.pdx.edu/faculty/davel/Presentation1/tsld014.htm
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Graphing Unit; Select links to different types of graphs to learn about their use and misuse. There are links to eThemes Resources on circle graphs and statistics to graph. eThemes Resource: Math: Statistics for Graphing; These sites have statistics and information that students can use to create graphs.
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www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001344.shtml
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Graph showing the proportion of people in populations [1] measured at particular IQ scores ... My critique of the use of statistical methods on IQ measurement is presented in ‘intelligence’: misuse and abuse of statistics. I was interested to note that the bulk of the data that I used had been available for most of...
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www.abelard.org/burt/burt-ie.asp
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Many of the author's examples deal with the use and misuse of statistics in advertising and in political rhetoric. An interesting example of an incorrect method of presenting data concerns a bar graph used in an advertisement for Time magazine.
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www.project2061.org/publications/rsl/online/TRADEBKS/RE...
www.project2061.org/publications/rsl/online/TRADEBKS/REVS/STATISTI.HTM
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Who is more generous, men or women? Philanthropy and charitable giving expert releases graph for media use showing that women make 84% of all charitable donations. ... Philanthropy Expert Releases Media Graph Showing 25% Of All Donations Are Given Over The Holidays...
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www.prlog.org/10114921-philanthropy-expert-releases-gra...
www.prlog.org/10114921-philanthropy-expert-releases-graph-showing-women-are-more-generous-than-men-when-it-comes-to-charity.html
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