Six Textbook Mistakes in Data Analysis
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Six Textbook Mistakes in Data Analysis
Abstract
This article discusses a number of incorrect statements appearing in textbooks on data analysis, machine learning, or computational methods; the common theme in all these cases is the relevance and application of statistics to the study of scientific or engineering data; these mistakes are also quite prevalent in the research literature. Crucially, we do not address errors made by an individual author, focusing instead on mistakes that are widespread in the introductory literature. After some background on frequentist and Bayesian linear regression, we turn to our six paradigmatic cases, providing in each instance a specific example of the textbook mistake, pointers to the specialist literature where the topic is handled properly, along with a correction that summarizes the salient points. The mistakes (and corrections) are broadly relevant to any technical setting where statistical techniques are used to draw practical conclusions, ranging from topics introduced in an elementary course on experimental measurements all the way to more involved approaches to regression.
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