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• Format Cartoons
• Language/s English
• Target Audience Self-directed learning
• Difficulty Introductory

Key Concepts addressed

• 2-3e Subgroup analyses may be misleading

Details

A take on a classic saying – can’t face the data mining boom without it! You can read about the dangers of data analyses that weren’t pre-planned and multiple testing (data dredging) here. Another important related read? Epidemiologist John Ioannidis’ “Why most published research findings are false.”

Text reproduced from http://statistically-funny.blogspot.co.uk/. Cartoons are available for use, with credit to Hilda Bastian.