Chocolate Makes You Smarter, So You Stop Reading BBC News
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 05:40
in Earth & Climate
Probability inversion is one of the nastiest mistakes one can do handling the results of a statistical analysis, invalidating to the roots the interpretation of the data to the point that the whole work effectively becomes useless. Unfortunately, it is a very common entertainment for journalists reporting scientific results, and oftentimes scientists themselves fall in the trap. read more