How to Tell the Liars from the Statisticians
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How to Tell the Liars from the Statisticians

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How to Tell the Liars from the Statisticians

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This book shows how statistical reasoning affects all aspects of our lives. It touches on drug testing, discrimination, sports, political polls, compulsive gambling, gun detectors, cancer research, crime and punishment, opinion surveys, advertising, mass production, and doctors' waiting rooms.

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781498710442
Edition
1
Topic
Mathematics
Subtopic
Probability & Statistics
Index
Mathematics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Popular Statistics
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Abstract
  8. Preface
  9. Contents
  10. About the Series
  11. Chapter 1 Statistics Are - Statistics Is
  12. Chapter 2 Worry
  13. Chapter 3 More on Worry
  14. Chapter 4 Statistics and Chances
  15. Chapter 5 Measuring Chances
  16. Chapter 6 Chances and Drug Laws
  17. Chapter 7 The Broad-Base Fallacy
  18. Chapter 8 The Unmentioned Base
  19. Chapter 9 The Elmer Gantry Effect
  20. Chapter 10 When the Truth Is notthe Whole Truth
  21. Chapter 11Ceteris Paribus
  22. Chapter 12 Statistics of Discrimination
  23. Chapter 13 A Paradox in DiscriminationStatistics
  24. Chapter 14 Smoking and Cancer
  25. Chapter 15 People Are Different
  26. Chapter 16 Risk Taking in Industry
  27. Chapter 17 The Risk Taker's Image
  28. Chapter 18 When Should We TakeChances?
  29. Chpater 19 Cost Accounting
  30. Chapter 20 Bridges, Underpasses, andCorporate Profits
  31. Chapter 21 Are You Average Enough?
  32. Chapter 22 Infatuation with Averages
  33. Chapter 23 The Law of Averages,Compulsive Gambling,and the Rubber Band Theory
  34. Chapter 24 A Rational View of Luck
  35. Chapter 25 Luck and Skill CombinedThe Regression Fallacy andthe Sophomore Jinx
  36. Chapter 26 Luck and Dependence
  37. Chapter 27 Confidence and Dependence
  38. Chapter 28 sports "Form" andConsistency
  39. Chapter 29 Who Is Unemployed?
  40. Chapter 30 Cost of Living
  41. Chapter 31 Trade-Offs
  42. Chapter 32 False AlarmsOr Type I Errors
  43. Chapter 33 Liberals and Conservatives
  44. Chapter 34 One-Armed Consultants
  45. Chapter 35 The GGFTGN, the Billof Rights, and Other Things
  46. Chapter 36 Things to Think about whileWaiting to See the Doctor
  47. Chapter 37 Zero or Nothing?
  48. Chapter 38 Quality Control and "ZeroDefects"
  49. Chapter 39 Scaling Up and Down
  50. Chapter 40 More Is Less
  51. Chapter 41 Large Samples and Bad News
  52. Chpater 42 Rare Floods, Rare Scientists,and Frustrated Authors
  53. Chapter 43 The World Is Getting Smaller
  54. Chapter 44 Population Size andthe Quality of Life
  55. Chapter 45 Raisins, Nuts, and Samples
  56. Chpater 46 Political Polls
  57. Chapter 47 Opinion Surveys
  58. Chapter 48 Television Ratings - Moreof the Same
  59. Chapter 49 The Significance ofSignificance
  60. Chapter 50 Garbage In - Garbage Out
  61. Chapter 51 The Double Negativeand the Consumer
  62. Chapter 52 The Douhle Negativeand Social Science
  63. Chapter 53 What Is Correlation?
  64. Chapter 54 The Coin that Won't Standon Edge
  65. Chapter 55 Guilt hy Association
  66. Chapter 56 Psychological Testsand Job Success
  67. Chapter 57 Credit and Your Computer Kin
  68. Chapter 58 College Entrance Tests
  69. Chapter 59 Science and Statistics
  70. Chapter 60 The Scientific MethodAuthoritarianism In and Outof Science
  71. Chapter 61 Looking Backwardvs. Looking Forward
  72. Chapter 62 Controlled Experimentation
  73. Chapter 63 Cause and Effect
  74. Chapter 64 Value Judgments andPlanning
  75. Chapter 65 Serendipity - Putteringvs. Planning
  76. Chapter 66 Unconscious Dishonesty
  77. Chapter 67 Watch Out for 670/0
  78. Chapter 68 What ExperimentersCan Learn fromFootball and Card Players
  79. Chapter 69 A Digression on Random Digitsand Computer Simulation
  80. Chapter 70 Generalizations
  81. Chapter 71 Within vs. BetweenFrom Toothpaste to Static
  82. Chapter 72 A Thought About Stereotypes
  83. Chapter 73 Longevity at the Hot Corner
  84. Chapter 74 Let's Save Some Money
  85. Chapter 75 There Are No Easy Solutions
  86. Chapter 76 Separating the Liarsfrom the Statisticians
  87. Index