Author(s): Alex Reinhart
Categories: Science > Research & Methodology, Business & Economics > General, Mathematics > Probability & Statistics
Publisher: No Starch Press
Publish date: 2015-03-16
ISBN-10: 1593276206
ISBN-13: 9781593276201
Language: English
Description:
Scientific progress depends on good research, and good research
needs good statistics. But statistical analysis is tricky to get
right, even for the best and brightest of us. You'd be surprised
how many scientists are doing it wrong.
Statistics Done Wrong is a pithy, essential guide to
statistical blunders in modern science that will show you how to
keep your research blunder-free. You'll examine embarrassing
errors and omissions in recent research, learn about the
misconceptions and scientific politics that allow these mistakes
to happen, and begin your quest to reform the way you and your
peers do statistics.
You'll find… more…
Scientific progress depends on good research, and good research
needs good statistics. But statistical analysis is tricky to get
right, even for the best and brightest of us. You'd be surprised
how many scientists are doing it wrong.
Statistics Done Wrong is a pithy, essential guide to
statistical blunders in modern science that will show you how to
keep your research blunder-free. You'll examine embarrassing
errors and omissions in recent research, learn about the
misconceptions and scientific politics that allow these mistakes
to happen, and begin your quest to reform the way you and your
peers do statistics.
You'll find… more…
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