MUSINGS
Some thoughts
The Religion of Statistics
The Practice of Statistics as Seen by Others: I suggest that the major way others encounter formal statistics is through a religious experience with some of the following attributes:
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The Role of the Statistician as Consultant
Whether it is you trying to work with your own studies and be a statistician to yourself, OR if you are working with someone else's efforts at collecting data We Are Acting As The Voice Of The Data By this I mean that you are effectively interviewing the data, attempting to understand what it, the data, is trying to communicate about the source from which it came. You need to be aware of the nuances. When you have a verbal conversation there can be more than just the words on the paper, especially if it is presented live with sound and expression. Just seeing the numbers on a computer screen does not provide the extra information that is now lost. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AND How Important is that Data and the Conversation? * Hunch ** Casual Conversation *** Thorough Interview **** Data On TRIAL !! |