Statistics and the Human Element

摘要

For years, I have given seminars on statistical communications. Readers of this column will realize I use my mantra, "It's not what we said, it's not what they heard, it's what they say they heard," over and over again. All this is aimed at how we present results and conclusions after some statistical analysis. This month, I reflect a bit on the human element that goes into analytical work before the first equation is even applied.