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Vaccination rates in Norway. I am particularly impressed by how stats from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of January are reported. How to #liewithstats. #Covid #RStats
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Never trust an author who reports average salaries without also giving the median salary. Salaries are "heavy-tailed to the right", a few high salaries dominate the mean. Average household income in the US in 2019 was ~$90k, but median was ~$63k, one third less. #liewithstats
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Engage your System 2 thinking. Be open to the fact you may be wrong. Make sure your viz match your words. And #dogoodwithdata #LieWithStats
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Don’t be cynical, but do be skeptical. Follow the data to the truth, show your work, share your data. #data17 #LieWithStats
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The before and after #LieWithStats #Data17
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Lots of pie chart hate at #TC17, but 3D pie charts take it to a new dimension. #LieWithStats #Data17
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Also lots of correlation vs. causation. #LieWithStats is like Stats101 but in skit format! #DATA17
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The differences between Percentages vs. Percentage points getting a shoutout in #LieWithStats at #data17.
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An education example in this session about how to #LieWithStats. Good thing our #SDPfellows #dogoodwithdata.
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10 Oct 2017
“Models are opinions embedded in mathematics” Cathy Banks #liewithstats #Data17
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“There are limits to the power of data” re: the inability of the media to predict the 2016 election. #LieWithStats #Data17
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We are rational beings, but only sometimes. Why? Because we have two levels of thinking (Fast and Slow). #LieWithStats #Data17
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Stats are “instant credibility”—but with great power comes great responsibility! #LieWithStats #Data17
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Next up (and in honor of my #SDPfellows) is “How to Lie with Statistics.” Learn these tricks in self-defense! #DATA17 #LieWithStats
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10 Oct 2017
Who is this man? And why should you care? If you land on "How to #LieWithStats" at #data17, you can find out! tcschedule.tableau.com/sessi…
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8 Oct 2017
Knock knock. Who's there? Average Joe. Go away, Average Joe. You're mean. #LieWithStats #data17 tcschedule.tableau.com/sessi…

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26 Oct 2015
#LieWithStats References #1: How to Lie with Statistics, Darrell Huff: amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistic… #data15

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How to lie with pie charts. #data15 #liewithstats
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Sample with care: how did they identify the population? (Coverage bias) & How did they choose the samples? (Sample bias) #liewithstats
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