You might also like to take a look at Stephen K. Campbell's Flaws and Fallacies in Statistical Thinking, Dover Publications, 2004. It is less social studies-oriented and more focused on the sorts of error in interpretation & reporting that I mentioned in my comments.
Cheers Steve 2008/7/5 Jens Meiert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > <http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080703/compared-to-what/> > > Thank you very much, Steve, Chauncey! (Will reply in the post as well > soon.) > > > > There is a book that deals with missing or inappropriate comparisons > > in a book from 2001 (Chapter 4) that highlights the issue you wrote > > about: Best, J. (2001). Damned lies and statistic. Bekeley, CA, > > University of California Press. > > Thank you, saved. Looks like a nice complement to Tufte's remarks on > that matter. > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
