Statistical Decision Techniques

Considering the ASA “Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice” present an example of a violation of these standards from the public record or your experience. What happened? How was it a violation? How was (or could it be) remedied? Conversely, if you have a specific example of a statistical practice that illustrates one of these principles, let’s hear about that. Hint: Scientists publishing research using statistical data and methods must report a conflict of interest (e.g. you are investigating smoking but are funded by the American Tobacco Institute).

https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Your-Career/Ethical-Guidelines-for-Statistical-Practice.aspx

http://www.statlit.org/pdf/1999-Schield-ASA-Ethics-Committee.pdf

Be sure to identify the source of your example in your posting. Your initial post should be of minimum 350 words.

· Agree and explain why you agree.

· Respectfully disagree and explain why you disagree.

· Offer an opinion with an example to support it.

· Propose an idea or a suggestion.

· Tell a related personal story.

· Respond to the classmates’ or the instructor’s questions.

· Pose a question and be sure to include your own answer as an example.

· Explain how the discussion question connects to real-life experiences.