tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594832939334410220.post5204608297284701527..comments2024-02-12T06:23:51.153-06:00Comments on Deeply Trivial: Statistical Sins: Junk ScienceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594832939334410220.post-15743301384934156382018-01-03T13:17:27.574-06:002018-01-03T13:17:27.574-06:00One of the worst abuses of a statistical expressio...One of the worst abuses of a statistical expression I saw most used was the use of a trend line in some kind of a line chart. Thinking that they were looking especially astute, no inferential work was being done at all. Merely by toggling the trend line feature in Excel to "on", it showed up in scads of things. Yet, I was sternly warned against pointing out the obvious, especially when I worked in a large bank, a highly political arena.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com