Statistics done wrong : the woefully complete guide / by Alex Reinhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reinhart, Alex, 1991- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statistics--Methodology.

Statistics.

Missing observations (Statistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California : No Starch Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Statistics Done Wrong shows you how to avoid errors common in modern research and perform more accurate statistical analyses.

Contents:

Praise for Statistics Done Wrong ; About the Author ; Brief Contents ; Contents in Detail ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Chapter 1: An Introduction to Statistical Significance ; The Power of p Values ; Psychic Statistics ; Neyman-Pearson Testing ; Have Confidence in Intervals ; Chapter 2: Statistical Power and Underpowered Statistics ; The Power Curve; The Perils of Being Underpowered ; Wherefore Poor Power? ; Wrong Turns on Red ; Confidence Intervals and Empowerment ; Truth Inflation ; Little Extremes ; Tips ; Chapter 3: Pseudoreplication: Choose Your Data Wisely

Pseudoreplication in Action Accounting for Pseudoreplication ; Batch Biology ; Synchronized Pseudoreplication ; Tips ; Chapter 4: The P Value and the Base Rate Fallacy ; The Base Rate Fallacy ; A Quick Quiz ; The Base Rate Fallacy in Medical Testing ; How to Lie with Smoking Statistics ; Taking Up Arms Against the Base Rate Fallacy ; If At First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again ; Red Herrings in Brain Imaging ; Controlling the False Discovery Rate ; Tips ; Chapter 5: Bad Judges of Significance ; Insignificant Differences in Significance ; Ogling for Significance ; Tips

Chapter 6: Double-Dipping in the Data Circular Analysis ; Regression to the Mean ; Stopping Rules ; Tips ; Chapter 7: Continuity Errors ; Needless Dichotomization ; Statistical Brownout ; Confounded Confounding ; Tips ; Chapter 8: Model Abuse ; Fitting Data to Watermelons ; Correlation and Causation ; Simpson's Paradox ; Tips ; Chapter 9: Researcher Freedom: Good Vibrations? ; A Little Freedom Is a Dangerous Thing ; Avoiding Bias ; Tips ; Chapter 10: Everybody Makes Mistakes ; Irreproducible Genetics ; Making Reproducibility Easy ; Experiment, Rinse, Repeat! ; Tips

Chapter 11: Hiding the Data Captive Data ; Obstacles to Sharing ; Data Decay ; Just Leave Out the Details ; Known Unknowns ; Outcome Reporting Bias ; Science in a Filing Cabinet ; Unpublished Clinical Trials ; Spotting Reporting Bias ; Forced Disclosure ; Tips ; Chapter 12: What Can Be Done? ; Statistical Education ; Scientific Publishing ; Your Job ; Notes ; Introduction ; Chapter 1 ; Chapter 2 ; Chapter 3 ; Chapter 4 ; Chapter 5 ; Chapter 6 ; Chapter 7 ; Chapter 8 ; Chapter 9 ; Chapter 10 ; Chapter 11 ; Chapter 12 ; Index ; Colophon ; Updates

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781457189845

1457189844

9781593276737

1593276737

OCLC:

907399835