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Noun Concept
Categories: Misuse of statistics, Ethics and statistics
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misuse of statistics  abuse of statistics  bad statistics  Cooked statistics  data manipulation
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Statistics, when used in a misleading fashion, can trick the casual observer into believing something other than what the data shows. Wikipedia
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Statistics, when used in a misleading fashion, can trick the casual observer into believing something other than what the data shows. Wikipedia
Erroneous use of statistical argument when the statistical reason involved is false or misapplied Wikidata
IS A
maltreatment
fallacy
HAS PART
sampling bias
HAS KIND
data dredging
cherry picking
misleading graph
testing hypotheses suggested by the data
Post-hoc analysis
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USES
statistics
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misuse of statistics
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misuse of statistics
Wikipedia Redirections
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abuse of statistics, Cooked statistics, data manipulation, False assumption (statistics), Manipulation of data, Misleading statistic, Misleading statistics, Misuse Of Statistics, statistical fallacy, Statistics misuse, Twisted Truths
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abuse of statistics, bad statistics, lying with statistics, statistical fallacy

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