Statistical fallacies

Statistical fallacies

Fallacies are anomalies that considerably reduce the credibility of a report because of inadequate sample, biases, wrong analysis, misinterpretations, errors in representation, etc. Statistical fallacies are common in medical literature. This note enumerates some such fallacies, hoping to create awa...

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Main Author: A Indrayan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Current Medicine Research and Practice
Subjects:
biased sample
inadequate size of sample
mixing of groups
selection of wrong variables
data dredging
misinterpretation
Online Access:http://www.cmrpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2352-0817;year=2012;volume=2;issue=6;spage=356;epage=363;aulast=Indrayan

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