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Dubious about stats?
January 14th, 2006 by JTJ

Marylaine Block, at Ex Libris, suggests:



“The 2005 Dubious Data Awards (http://www.stats.org/record.jsp?type=news&ID=534)  Courtesy
of Stats at George Mason University, “a nonprofit, nonpartisan research
organization dedicated to improving public understanding of science and
statistics.” Also check out the polling category on the navigation bar
for some useful skepticism: “Skewing a Poll Result: Knowing Who Paid
for the Poll,” “Caveat Samplor – Unrepresentative Samples Skew the
News.”




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