How to Cheat With Statistics - and Get Away With It: From Data Snooping over Kitchen Sink Regression to "Creative Reporting" - 9789811251719

The book explains how to identify and catch statistical cheaters. The author came across many weaknesses and flaws in statistics through 30 years of teaching. These weaknesses allow a malevolent researcher to manipulate the inputs, the calculations, and the reporting of results to derive a desired outcome.This book should be valuable to everyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the weaknesses in statistics and learn how to evaluate statistical research to catch a statistical cheater!The math is explained in simple terms and should be easy to follow. In addition, the book comes with 18 Excel spreadsheets and 7 Python codes. There are also questions and problems at the end of each chapter, which should facilitate the usage in a classroom. Answers to the questions and problems are available to instructors upon request.

• | Author: Gunter Meissner
• | Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
• | Publication Date: Sep 30, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 123 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 9811251711
• | ISBN-13: 9789811251719