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Description: |
142 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: The sample with the built-in bias -- The well-chosen average -- The little figures that are not there -- Much ado about practically nothing -- The gee-whiz graph -- The one-dimensional picture -- The semiattached figure -- Post hoc rides again -- How to statisticulate -- How to talk back to a statistic. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: A "humorous dissertation on statistical prevarication. The sample with the built-in bias, the well-chosen average, the insignificant difference, the one-dimensional picture, and the unwarranted assumption are among the subjects treated." |
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Terms of Use: |
British Library not licensed to copy 0. Uk |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
Table of contents http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780393052640.pdf |
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Name Added Entry: |
Geis, Irving, illustrator ill |