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A Statistical Guide for the Ethically Perplexed

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  • Paperback: 592 pages
  • Published: August 2012
  • ISBN: 978-1-4398736-8-7
  • Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC

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Written for researchers and graduate students in statistics and the social and behavioral sciences, this reference provides the formal scaffolding needed to reason ethically about what statisticians see in the course of their careers. It provides readers with a solid basis in statistical and ethical reasoning, helping them deal more effectively with whatever ethically charged situations they might face. The book is filled with entertaining insights and quotations to aid with concept formation and application. Each chapter ends with a list of supplemental readings from major newspapers.

Table of Contents

TOOLS FROM PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

Probability theory

The basic sampling model and related issues

Correlation

Prediction

Psychometrics

Some concluding remarks

DATA PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION

Introduction

Multivariable systems

Graphical presentation

Problems with multiple testing

(Mis)reporting of data

Issues in repeated-measures analyses

Inferring causality

Pitfalls of software implementations

Simpson’s Paradox

Statistical sleuthing and explanation

Meta-analysis (redux)

THE PRODUCTION OF DATA AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

Introduction

Sample size selection

Special issues for analyzing repeated measures

Matching and blocking

Randomization and permutation tests

Federal rules of evidence

Some extra quotations

SUPPORTING MATERIAL

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