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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Current Medicine Research and Practice |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cmrpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2352-0817;year=2012;volume=2;issue=6;spage=356;epage=363;aulast=Indrayan |
| Summary: | 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 awareness of situations where these can occur and what can possibly be done to avoid them. |
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| ISSN: | 2352-0817 2352-0825 |