The Future of Statistics as a Discipline
作者:
RalphA. Bradley,
期刊:
Journal of the American Statistical Association
(Taylor Available online 1982)
卷期:
Volume 77,
issue 377
页码: 1-10
ISSN:0162-1459
年代: 1982
DOI:10.1080/01621459.1982.10477760
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Presidential address;statistics as a discipline;training;research;statistical societies
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The future of statistics as a discipline is discussed as are ways to enhance that future. The presentation includes sections on statistics as a discipline, recruitment into the discipline, training in statistics, the unification of statistics, and concluding remarks. The nature of statistics is reviewed with reference to the views of various practitioners of statistics. It is noted that public attitudes toward science and statistics are not conducive to the recruitment of students to the discipline and that anticipated shortages of personnel must be met by vigorous efforts to attract the best young people to statistics. Suggestions are made for improved training in statistics and for broader programs in continuing education. It is noted that research in statistics should deal both with topics motivated by problems of the real world and with the foundations of statistical inference. Specific recommendations are made that should strengthen statistics in the future and lead to its continued unification.
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