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The links below take you to collections of truly horrible plots and deeply stupid “statistics” seen in the wild, as well as to resources for how to detect and avoid “statistical bullshit.” Please study through these; you need to be aware of these types of errors.
Seriously!?
Why?
Hall of Shame
Don’t do this
Serial offender
Definitely keep this in mind!
Look, someone found the “fit trendline” function in Excel and made national policy based on it!
*Note: This seriously happened and people died because of it.
Just don’t use pie charts
Do follow these rules
Note: The guy embarrassing himself publicly on the right is a full professor of economics at UC Irvine. I honestly don’t know how he has a job there, but he’s already provided us with a wealth of lessons.
