On Tue, 9 May 2000, Jerry Winegarden wrote, in reply to Uplandcrow's
request:
> > > Uplandcrow wrote:
> <SNIP>
> > > > I am looking for examples of articles that use a stat procedure
> > > > incorrectly.
> A "MUST READ" for this class: "How To Lie with Statistics". Best
> little book in the world! Many wonderful practical examples of the
> misuse of statistics.
> With a heavy political season upon us and all the wonderful ads with
> the very compelling graphs, every citizen should be required to read
> this little book! :-)
Also very good for every citizen: "Logical Self-Defense", by a couple of
faculty members at the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada, across the
river from Detroit) whose names elude me. Uses lots of examples culled
from the public press of errors in logical thinking. Some of the errors
are essentially statistical; but even the ones that aren't ought to be
in every teaching statistician's armamentarium of bad examples.
-- Don.
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