Lying with Statistics

• Class 1:
  • Statistics Overview
  • How a statistic Lies
    • It’s bogus
    • It’s misleading
    • It’s used as the basis for a bad inference
• Class 2
  • Bogus Statistics
  • Misleading Statistics
• Class 3
  • Making bad inferences from good statistics
• Class 4
  • Case of Sally Clark
  • Statistical Fallacies
  • Statistical Maxims