First, an interesting (lengthy) article on problems with statistics in research here:
http://tinyurl.com/ydfvaqj
On a related and slightly less-technical note, just finished reading Jason Rosenhouse's wonderful 2009 volume, "The Monty Hall Problem," devoted entirely to the "Monty Hall" problem from mathematics (one of the most intriguing, well-covered/debated probability problems oft-presented
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