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.
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.
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| https://www.geckoboard.com/learn/data-literacy/statistical-fallacies/sampling-bias/ |
Here is the downloadable card for the Regression Toward the Mean:
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 sent to you Facebook friends who is ALWAYS posting politically charged examples of one of these fallacies. I dare you.
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| https://www.geckoboard.com/assets/regression-toward-the-mean.pdf |
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 sent to you Facebook friends who is ALWAYS posting politically charged examples of one of these fallacies. I dare you.
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