Fact or Fluke?: A Critical Look at Statistical Evidence

by Ronald Meester and Klaas Slooten

Statistics is more topical than ever. Numerous decisions depend on statistical considerations: just think of the Corona crisis or decisions about approving new drugs or other products. If researchers announce they have proved some fact using statistical tests, can we then always be sure that their claim is correct? How, and more importantly why, does statistics work? What can we expect from statistics and what not? 'Fact or Fluke?' is not a textbook...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9463723498
• ISBN13: 9789463723497
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"