Statistics Done Wrong <#statistics-done-wrong>

The woefully complete guide <#the-woefully-complete-guide>

/by/ Alex Reinhart <http://www.refsmmat.com>
If you re a practicing scientist, you probably use statistics to analyze
your data. From basic /t/ tests and standard error calculations to Cox
proportional hazards models and propensity score matching, we rely on
statistics to give answers to scientific problems.
This is unfortunate, because most of us don t know how to do statistics.
/Statistics Done Wrong/ is a guide to the most popular statistical
errors and slip-ups committed by scientists every day, in the lab and in
peer-reviewed journals. Many of the errors are prevalent in vast swaths
of the published literature, casting doubt on the findings of thousands
of papers. /Statistics Done Wrong/ assumes no prior knowledge of
statistics, so you can read it before your first statistics course or
after thirty years of scientific practice.
If you find any errors or typos, or want to suggest other popular
misconceptions, /contact me/ <introduction.html#contact>. If you find
this website useful, consider buying the book
<http://www.nostarch.com/statsdonewrong>!
Contents <#contents>
* Introduction <introduction.html>
o Changes <introduction.html#changes>
o Contact <introduction.html#contact>
o Acknowledgements <introduction.html#acknowledgements>
o Copyright note <introduction.html#copyright-note>
* An introduction to data analysis <data-analysis.html>
o The power of /p/ values <data-analysis.html#the-power-of-p-values>
* Statistical power and underpowered statistics <power.html>
o The power of being underpowered
<power.html#the-power-of-being-underpowered>
o The wrong turn on red <power.html#the-wrong-turn-on-red>
* Pseudoreplication: choose your data wisely <pseudoreplication.html>
* The /p/ value and the base rate fallacy <p-value.html>
o The base rate fallacy in medical testing
<p-value.html#the-base-rate-fallacy-in-medical-testing>
o Taking up arms against the base rate fallacy
<p-value.html#taking-up-arms-against-the-base-rate-fallacy>
o If at first you don t succeed, try, try again
<p-value.html#if-at-first-you-don-t-succeed-try-try-again>
o Red herrings in brain imaging
<p-value.html#red-herrings-in-brain-imaging>
o Controlling the false discovery rate
<p-value.html#controlling-the-false-discovery-rate>
* When differences in significance aren t significant differences
<significant-differences.html>
o When significant differences are missed
<significant-differences.html#when-significant-differences-are-missed>
* Stopping rules and regression to the mean <regression.html>
o Truth inflation <regression.html#truth-inflation>

o Little extremes <regression.html#little-extremes>

* Researcher freedom: good vibrations? <freedom.html>
* Everybody makes mistakes <mistakes.html>
* Hiding the data <hiding.html>
o Just leave out the details <hiding.html#just-leave-out-the-details>
o Science in a filing cabinet
<hiding.html#science-in-a-filing-cabinet>
* What have we wrought? <results.html>
* What can be done? <what-next.html>
o Statistical education <what-next.html#statistical-education>
o Scientific publishing <what-next.html#scientific-publishing>
o Your job <what-next.html#your-job>
* Conclusion <conclusion.html>
* Bibliography <zbibliography.html>
/Index/ <genindex.html>
Logo <#>
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Introduction <introduction.html>
An introduction to data analysis <data-analysis.html>
Statistical power and underpowered statistics <power.html>
Pseudoreplication: choose your data wisely <pseudoreplication.html>
The /p/ value and the base rate fallacy <p-value.html>
When differences in significance aren t significant differences
<significant-differences.html>
Stopping rules and regression to the mean <regression.html>
Researcher freedom: good vibrations? <freedom.html>
Everybody makes mistakes <mistakes.html>
Hiding the data <hiding.html>
What have we wrought? <results.html>
What can be done? <what-next.html>
Conclusion <conclusion.html>
Bibliography <zbibliography.html>
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