The Art of Statistical Deception
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The document discusses statistical deception, illustrating how misleading statistics can distort perceptions of data, particularly using the example of per capita income. It examines metrics defining income and highlights how different averaging methods can create varying interpretations of income data. The document also touches on the misuse of charts, specifically in the context of COVID-19 statistics, and provides a reference for further reading on the topic.
The Art of Statistical Deception
- 1. Presented By : Mohammad Sheikh Ghazanfar Software Engineer, Machine Learning, Nascenia The Art of Statistical Deception
- 2. What is Statistical Deception ? Any Statistics that misleads is Statistical Deception তথ্য দিয়ে দিভ্রান্ত করা ।
- 3. Is Per Capita Income a Statistical Deception ?
- 4. What metric defines income GDP, NDP, anything else? What is the contributing factor of income in that income? What is Per Capita Income ?
- 5. Which should have higher PCI ? Family A Total Member : 6 Earning Member : 2 Total Income : 3000$ Family B Total Member : 3` Earning Member : 2 Total Income : 2000$ Average Income (for earning members): 1500$ ☝ Average Income (for earning members): 1000$ Average Income : 500$ Average Income : 667$ ☝
- 6. Which toothpaste is best in the market?
- 7. When Charts can go wrong.. More can be found here : https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
- 8. Which chart shows worse covid situation? Chart A Chart B Both are same chart with different scaling mechanism in y axis.
- 9. Reference and Reading The book was first released in 1954.