This site is under construction. Please check back every few weeks for updates

COMMON MISTEAKS MISTAKES IN USING STATISTICS: Spotting and Avoiding Them

Introduction        Types of Mistakes        Suggestions        Resources        Table of Contents         About

Errors in Sampling

What is a random sample?
Sources of Confusion
Simple Random Samples
More Precise Definition of Simple Random Sample 
    Random Variables and Probability Distributions
Other Types of Random Samples

Why is random sampling important?

    Overview of Frequentist Hypothesis Testing    

Biased sampling and Extrapolation