How To Lie With Statistics

1 · Matouš Dzivjak · Nov. 26, 2020, midnight
Summary sample with a built-in bias: What will the average salary be if you ask Cambrdigegraduates? well-chosen average (mean x median x _mode): Average person has less than 2 arms little sample(s): Having enough small samples you can select the one, that suits you the best. nice wording of practically nothing: “Camels are better than Marlboro”, yet they are both bad. graphs (changing the scale or not labeling the graph at all): XKCD #833 by Randall Munroe one-dimensional picture: You can...