Common statistical misconceptions-plainly explained

Understanding Statistical Misconceptions

This paper reports on a preliminary study conducted for gaining better insight in the complexity of students’ misconceptions of representativeness. Data from 156 students (112 high school graduates and 44 students with a university degree) are presented. The overall outcome indicates a lack of ability to refer problems about specific experiments to their correct context. Some results seem to co...

Common misconceptions perpetuated.

Morton and others (15) have recently investigated the prevalence of some common misconceptions in sport exercise science students to assess current teaching strategies. Those authors provided students with 10 multiple-choice questions and indicated the “correct” answers in their article. I take issue with two of the “correct” answers provided, as they seem to me to perpetuate misconceptions rat...

Common misconceptions about Lyme disease.

Lyme disease, infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, is a focally endemic tick-transmitted zoonosis. During the 3 decades since the responsible spirochete was identified, a series of misconceptions and misunderstandings have become widely prevalent, leading to frequent misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment. Persistent misconceptions concern the reliability of available diagnostic tools, the si...

Some Common Misconceptions of Malaria

Some Common Misconceptions of Malaria