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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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-da6e018a5ad140619819489475ca34442022-12-22T02:49:23ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsCurrent Medicine Research and Practice2352-08172352-08252012-01-0126356363Statistical fallaciesA IndrayanFallacies 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.http://www.cmrpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2352-0817;year=2012;volume=2;issue=6;spage=356;epage=363;aulast=Indrayanbiased sampleinadequate size of samplemixing of groupsselection of wrong variablesdata dredgingmisinterpretation |
| spellingShingle | A Indrayan Statistical fallacies Current Medicine Research and Practice biased sample inadequate size of sample mixing of groups selection of wrong variables data dredging misinterpretation |
| title | Statistical fallacies |
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| title_short | Statistical fallacies |
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| topic | biased sample inadequate size of sample mixing of groups selection of wrong variables data dredging misinterpretation |
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