Thursday, April 3, 2014

Statistical mistakes are all too common in any scientific discipline. Like any tool, statistics can be misused, both deliberately and by accident. The important lesson is to understand how statistical mistakes happen, why they happen, and educate yourself to recognize and prevent them from happening to you.

Statistics Done Wrong is a website run by Alex Reinhart, a doctoral student in statistics at Carnegie Mellon University, that addresses common statistical mistakes in scientific disciplines. Don't be a statistic, check it out today:

http://www.statisticsdonewrong.com/index.html


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