Common errors in statistics (and how to avoid them) The Fourth Edition of this tried and true book elaborates on many key topics such as epidemiological studies distribution of data; baseline data incorporation; case control studies; simulations; statistical theory publication; biplots; instrumental variables; ecological regression; result reporting survival analysis; etc. Including new modifications and figures the book also covers such topics as research plan creation; data collection; hypothesis formulation and testing; coefficient estimates; sample size specifications; assumption checking; p values interpretations and confidence intervals; counts and correlated data; model building and testing; Bayes Theorem; bootstrap and permutation tests; and more