Reading 01

Due

Monday, Jan 22

Required:

• OpenIntro Statistics:
  • Section 1.6: Examining numerical data
  • Section 1.7: Considering categorical data
• What’s so hard about histograms?

Optional:

• Reproducibility case studies:
  • Science retracts gay marriage paper without agreement of lead author LaCour
  • Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process Seizure study retracted after authors realize data got “terribly mixed”
  • Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process Bad spreadsheet merge kills depression paper, quick fix resurrects it