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Public Policy Issues as a Route to Statistical Awareness
Author(s) -
Smith Adrian F.M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international statistical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.051
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1751-5823
pISSN - 0306-7734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2001.tb00476.x
Subject(s) - exploit , raising (metalworking) , public policy , statistical evidence , statistical analysis , power (physics) , statistical thinking , statistical power , public relations , political science , computer science , data science , psychology , economics , econometrics , computer security , statistics , engineering , mathematics , mathematics education , law , mechanical engineering , physics , null hypothesis , quantum mechanics
Summary There appears to be a paradox in the fact that as more and more quantitative information becomes routinely available in a world perceived to be ever more complex, there is less and less direct appreciation of the role and power of statistical thinking. It is suggested that the profession should exploit very real public concerns regarding risk aspects of public policy as a possible pedagogic route to raising statistical awareness.