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Finding the fun in good math; Shredding bad math and squashing the crackpots who espouse it. ... Category: Bad Statistics ... Here's a quick bit of obnoxious bad math. I saw this myself in a link to an AP article via Salon.com, and a reader sent me a link to the same story via CNN. It's yet another example of...
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scienceblogs.com/goodmath/bad_math/bad_statistics/
scienceblogs.com/goodmath/bad_math/bad_statistics/
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Regular readers are very familiar with my refrain that many science deniers use the same tactics: bad arguments, quote-mining, appeals to authority, castigation of originators of respective theories, etc. etc. Another common thread is the ... Mark Chu-Carroll elaborates on Peter Duesberg's misuse of statistics here,
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scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2006/09/aids_denial_and_crea...
scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2006/09/aids_denial_and_creationismcom.php
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And people repeat bad statistics: the Graduate Student copied the garbled statistic and inserted it into the dissertation prospectus. Who knows whether still other readers were impressed by the Author's statistic and remembered it or repeated it?
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www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9358/9358.intro.php
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A newspaper's relationship to trends is much like a crank clairvoyant's relationship to ghosts. ... Then on Monday, perhaps encouraged by a clairvoyant, the journalism fairy struck and provided genuine statistics. “Thousands of people are turning to religion during the recession,” the Telegraph claimed again.
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women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_wa...
women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5326911.ece
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Damned Lies and Statistics: Joel Best ... And people repeat bad statistics: The graduate student copied the garbled statistic and inserted it into the dissertation prospectus. Who knows whether still other readers were impressed by the author's statistic and remembered it or repeated it?
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galton.uchicago.edu/~molnar/lies.html
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Let's make my bias quite clear - I like a drink, and I hate bad statistics. So figures showing that alcohol use is out of control in the UK makes me see red - and it's not that glass of claret in front of me.
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news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4200056.stm
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The following scans are intended to be a resource for classes like Bluffton's Understanding Numerical Data, ... This ad for Chevy trucks (added 9/6/2001) appeared on the back cover of a Time magazine in 1992. ... This advertisement for a home security system company appeared in a Sunday newspaper in spring of '94 or '95.
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www.bluffton.edu/~nesterd/stats/badgraphs.html
www.bluffton.edu/~nesterd/stats/badgraphs.html
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This seems nothing more than an attempt to make both Christians and conservatives look bad. Half baked studies like this have no place in public discourse. ... As James said, the statistics may be bad, but the argument is very good. ... Usury Law, the Christian Right, and Bad Statistics Maps...
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www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/usury_law_the_christ...
www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/usury_law_the_christian_right_and_bad_statistics/
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Lipitor / Statins Using Bad Statistics High Cholesterol ... Re: Lipitor / Statins Using Bad Statistics ... Do we want this to be about low carb v low fat or stick to the Lipitor using bad Statistics thread? I can post dozens of low carb positive results just like you can post dozens of low fat positive results.
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www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?p=1247256&hi...
www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?p=1247256&highlight=pravastatin
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