Statistics 300: Introduction to Probability and Statistics

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Statistics 300: Introduction to Probability and Statistics Section 1-3

Critical Thinking Statistical thinking often depends more on common sense than on math skills Here, we apply common sense with critical thinking about data and statistical analysis

Abuses of Statistics Bad samples Small samples Loaded questions Misleading graphs Pictographs

Abuses of Statistics Bad samples Small samples Loaded questions Misleading graphs Pictographs

(More) Abuses of Statistics Precise numbers Distorted percentages Partial pictures Deliberate distortions

Abuses of Statistics Bad samples

Abuses of Statistics Small samples

Abuses of Statistics Loaded questions

Abuses of Statistics Misleading graphs

Abuses of Statistics Pictographs

Abuses of Statistics Precise numbers

Abuses of Statistics Distorted percentages

Abuses of Statistics Partial pictures

Abuses of Statistics Deliberate distortions

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