Pitfalls and misuses of statistics

• Main Author: Arcilla, Rechel Guino
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Satistics; Statistics and Probability
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11993
• Institution: De La Salle University

Statistical pitfalls and misuses committed by people abound, sometimes done deliberately but often unintentionally. This paper presents some of the most frequent pitfalls and misuses of statistics. Such misuses are broadly classified into those committed in the (1) data collection, (2) data analysis...