Understanding the inspection paradox: why your perception of data might be systematically biased
http://allendowney.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-inspection-paradox-is-everywhere.html
#statistics #dataanalysis #samplingbias #mathematics #researchmethods

I ask my friends whether they like my singing. They all tell me that they love it. Ergo, I am the best singer in the world. #SamplingBias
Based on this flawed logic #Musk makes all his decisions about #Twitter.

And believe me, you don’t want to hear me sing…

Is Your Sampling and Analysis Plan Biased? The Hidden Flaws Even Experts Miss

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#ResearchMethods #DataAnalysis #SamplingBias #ResearchBias #AcademicWriting #DataAccuracy #QuantitativeResearch #ResearchTips #StatisticalAnalysis #ResearchFlaws

Ich bitte alle Twitter-Alphas & Journalist*innen, die noch immer mit dem Hot-Take „Ich kenne in *meinem* Bekanntenkreis nur linke Impfgegner*innen“ hausieren gehen, demnächst einen Statistikkurs zu besuchen. #Samplingbias

This came up on my feed elsewhere. Too good to not share!

#reasoning #samplingbias

CW: Statistical sampling mishegas

Wait - so, sampling designs to cope with gradients, etc (randomization, SRDs, GRITs, etc.) are basically ways for dealing with collider bias. Huh. #GraphTheory #StructuralCausalModels and #SamplingBias coming together. #ColliderBias

I followed @towardsdatascience.com for years, its been my go-to resource for data science & machine learning, and now I got to write for them! 🥳 check out my article about #SamplingBias!

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