What Is Statistics?
- 1 May 2009
- journal article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in The American Statistician
- Vol. 63 (2), 105-110
- https://doi.org/10.1198/tast.2009.0019
Abstract
We use our experience in neuroscience as a source of defining issues for the discipline of statistics. We argue that to remain vibrant, the field must open up by taking a less restrictive view of what constitutes statistical training.Keywords
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