r/badstats

294 archived posts · Dec 2013 – Sep 2026

Bad Statistics

r/badstats

Exposés of bad statistical analyses and screwed-up graphs.

Created Dec 2, 2013

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294Archived posts

Exposés of bad statistical analyses and screwed-up graphs.

If you post a link, please provide some discussion about what's wrong, and why it's wrong.
Remember to play the ball, not the player. Attack the stats, not the person using them.
If you're reading a popular article that's referencing a journal article, make sure the original is being reported correctly before attacking the original paper.

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