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How to avoid blind belief in statistics

How to avoid blind belief in statistics

  1. Who says so? What is the agenda? Who will benefit from presenting the data that way? Does it tell the whole story or only the good or bad part? Does it misuse average? Does any bias come into play?
  2. How do they know? Where did the data come from? Is it representative? Can it be biased? Is the sample big enough?
  3. What’s missing? 
  4. Did someone change the subject between the raw data and the conclusion? Is it a real statistic, or what someone reported?
  5. Does it make sense? Pay attention if it fails the common sense test. Is something complex reduced to a single number?

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This book lays the groundwork for the many ways statistics are used to mislead people. Honest people must learn the tricks of statistics so that they can interpret data intelligently.

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