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Geckoboard's "Data fallacies to avoid"

Geckoboard created a list of common statistical fallacies , including cherry picking, Simpson's paradox, gerrymandering, and many more. Each fallacy comes with a brief description of the fallacy, references, a printable card for review/display, and drawing. They are kind of gorgeous and to the point and helpful. https://www.geckoboard.com/learn/data-literacy/statistical-fallacies/sampling-bias/ Here is the downloadable card for the Regression Toward the Mean: https://www.geckoboard.com/assets/regression-toward-the-mean.pdf They even present all of their graphics as  a free, downloadable poster . My only peeve is that they use the term "Data Dredging" where I would have said "HARKing" or "Going on a fishing expedition". And that is just the tiniest of peeves, I think this is a good check list filled with images and concise descriptions that would look beautiful in a college professor's office, a stats class room, or anonymously ...