Defence against the statistical dark arts
It was penned before the coronavirus pandemic started, but a book about the contagion of ideas, diseases, norms, information and misinformation couldn’t be more timely. Evolutionary biologist Carl Bergstrom and data scientist Jevin West offer an entertaining, informative survey that skewers statistical shenanigans and debunks deceptive data. But reviewer Eric-Jan Wagenmakers wishes for more rigorous references and more acknowledgement of how data visualization can be done correctly.
Nature | 4 min read
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