“Statistical malfeasance has very little to do with bad math. Judgement an integrity turn out to be surprisingly important. A detailed knowledge of statistics does not deter wrongdoing any more than a detailed knowledge of the law averts criminal behavior.”
― Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
― Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
“Vielleicht redet man auch die Arbeit der anderen schlecht, um selbst etwas schaffen zu können. Weil man Energie daraus ziehen kann.”
― Lieber Matz, Dein Papa hat 'ne Meise
― Lieber Matz, Dein Papa hat 'ne Meise
“Descriptive statistics can be like online dating profiles: technically accurate and yet pretty darn misleading.”
― Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
― Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
“Data are to statistics what a good offensive is to a star quarterback.”
― Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
― Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
“Longitudinal data sets are the research equivalent of a Ferrari. Not surprisingly, we can't always have the Ferrari. The research equivalent of a Toyota is a cross-sectional data set.”
― Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
― Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
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