A Cross Disciplinary Approach to Teaching of Statistics.

Abstract

Historically, the phenomenal growth of statistics as a separate discipline of great ubiquity was motivated by the need to solve practical problems arising in social, biological and natural sciences. Statistical methodology as we practice today involves acquisition of data. extraction of available information and taking optimal decisions under uncertainty. That the role of statistics as the logic and science of solving problems in other disciplines and that continued advances in statistics depend strongly on research stimulated by and directed at problems in other disciplines are not fully reflected in the educational programs for statisticians at the universities. It is suggested that more emphasis should be given to the interface between statistics and other disciplines through data-centered training in statistics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA325349

Entities

People

  • Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Biological Sciences
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Education
  • Experimental Design
  • Governments
  • Information Science
  • Mathematics
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Inference
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • Training
  • Uncertainty
  • Universities

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