{"title":"Data—too good to be true?","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0037","url":null,"abstract":"A simple and extensive table that contains an error, reducing the analysis to nonsense.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"107 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133569584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Log-normal distribution—leukemia and pesticide exposure","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0040","url":null,"abstract":"Like the normal distribution, the log-normal distribution’s properties are useful and often revealing. A short description presents an analysis of log-normal data collected to asses cancer risk associated with a specific pesticide.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123152949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jokes and quotes","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0027","url":null,"abstract":"Essentially presents what the title indicates. Also included are a variety of jokes about statistics and statisticians as well as a bit of statistical history describing the important contributions of Francis Galton (1903).","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"133 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121233132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Percent increase—ratios?","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0015","url":null,"abstract":"Focus on a March Dimes Brochure illustrates two statistical measures of risk of neural tube defects at birth contrasting and applying odds ratios and percentages.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126911564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Probabilities—rules and review","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0001","url":null,"abstract":"A description of elementary probability techniques and applications useful to understanding the statistical tools that follow later in the book.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129066128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Viral incidence estimation —a shortcut","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0035","url":null,"abstract":"Often the incidence of a specific virus is estimated from collected data and a process of pooling these data provides an efficient and easily applied shortcut.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132165531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A true life puzzle","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0028","url":null,"abstract":"A seemingly impossible situation arose in the apparent admission of more male than female students to the University of California, Berkeley. The complete story illustrates a statistical tool called direct adjustment.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131492765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Boxplots—construction and interpretation","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0004","url":null,"abstract":"The boxplot is a useful and unique statistical technique used to describe visually the properties of data in a large variety of situations.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124433723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Survey data—randomized response","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0034","url":null,"abstract":"A survey method that absolutely guarantees confidentiality is called a randomization survey technique. The application of this clever statistical tool is easily understood and implemented. The process yields interview responses that allow analysis, to repeat, with absolute confidentiality.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"22 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133106928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Monty Hall problem","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0024","url":null,"abstract":"A famous problem that arose from a television game show that produced issues that are widely debated, called the “Monty Hall problem.”","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"76 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116479407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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