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One usable definition is: "Misuse of Statistics: Using numbers in such a manner that – either by intent or through ignorance or carelessness – the conclusions are unjustified or incorrect." [1] The "numbers" include misleading graphics discussed in other sources. The term is not commonly encountered in statistics texts and there is no ...
In statistics, a misleading graph, also known as a distorted graph, is a graph that misrepresents data, constituting a misuse of statistics and with the result that an incorrect conclusion may be derived from it. Graphs may be misleading by being excessively complex or poorly constructed.
False precision (also called overprecision, fake precision, misplaced precision, and spurious precision) occurs when numerical data are presented in a manner that implies better precision than is justified; since precision is a limit to accuracy (in the ISO definition of accuracy), this often leads to overconfidence in the accuracy, named precision bias.
The Numbers Do Lie. Zay Flowers’ 9.5 fantasy points per game are a lie Flowers has flashed as a rookie but ranks a modest 39th in fantasy points per game among wideouts.
Alternatively, a person might look at a number line, and notice that the number 1 is a square number; 3 is a prime number, 5 is a prime number, and 7 is a prime number; 9 is a square number; 11 is a prime number, and 13 is a prime number. From these observations, the person might claim that all odd numbers are either prime or square, while in ...
A simple look at a box score or a study of fantasy football categories doesn't always tell the whole story of how a player is performing. Dalton Del Don attempts to identify misleading numbers ...
The Numbers Do Lie. Terry McLaurin’s season (and career) is a lie McLaurin is averaging just 59.6 receiving yards with three touchdowns this season, ranking as the No. 40 fantasy WR in points ...
A classic example of a biased sample and the misleading results it produced occurred in 1936. In the early days of opinion polling, the American Literary Digest magazine collected over two million postal surveys and predicted that the Republican candidate in the U.S. presidential election , Alf Landon , would beat the incumbent president ...