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COMMON MISTEAKS
MISTAKES IN
USING STATISTICS: Spotting and Avoiding Them
Introduction
Types
of Mistakes
Suggestions
Resources
Table
of Contents
About
Sampling the Wrong Population
Use Mary Meyers airbags study as example of “which
population?” See http://www.stat.colostate.edu/~meyer/airbags.htm
Also http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/25466.php?
www.utstat.utoronto.ca/reid/research/windsor.pdf -?
See 11/13/09 email from Bob Lovell (copy in this folder) re bad
(deliberate?) example of comparison group for studying head injuries in
pro football players