Statistical thinking and statistical practice: Themes gleaned from professional statisticians

Statistical Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 132-152

  Pfannkuch, Maxine ^a   Wild, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Applied statistics; Characteristics of thinking; Consulting environment; Practitioners experiences; Psychology ofdata; Statistical empirical enquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010164424     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ss/1009212754     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Armstrong, R. (1990). Commentary on “Communications between statisticians and engineers/physical scientists.” Technometrics 32 249-250.
2. Boen, J. and Zahn, D. (1982). The Human Side of Statistical Consulting. Lifetime Learning, Belmont, CA.
3. Box, G. (1990). Commentary on “Communications between statisticians and engineers/physical scientists.” Technometrics 32 251-252.
4. Broman, K., Speed, T. and Tigges, M. (1998). Estimation of antigen-responsive T cell frequencies in PBMC from human subjects. Statist. Sci. 13 4-8.
5. Chatfield, C. (1991). Avoiding statistical pitfalls. Statist. Sci. 6 240-268.
6. Cobb, G. and Moore, D. (1997). Mathematics, statistics and teaching. Ameri. Math. Monthly 104 801-823.
7. Denzin, N. and Lincoln, Y. (eds.) (1994). Handbook of Qualitative Research. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
8. Hahn, G. (1990). Commentary on “Communications between statisticians and engineers/physical scientists.” Technometrics 32 257-258.
9. Hawkins, a. (1996). Can a mathematically-educated person be statistically illiterate? Paper presented at the 1996 Nuffield Conference.
10. Hawkins, a. (1997). Commentary on “New pedagogy and new content: the case of statistics.” Internat. Statist. Rev. 65 141-146.
11. Hoadley, A. and Kettenring, J. (1990). Communications between statisticians and engineers/physical scientists. Technometrics 32 243-274.
12. Hoeting, J. (1998). Sandbars in the Colorado River: an environmental consulting project. Statist. Sci. 13 9-13.
13. Hooper, J. (1990). Commentary on “Communications between statisticians and engineers/physical scientists.” Technometrics 32 259-260.
14. Hunter, J. (1990). Commentary on “Communications between statisticians and engineers/physical scientists.” Technometrics 32 261.
15. Hunter, W. (1981). The practice of statistics: the real world is an idea whose time has come. Amer. Statist. 35 72-76.
16. Kafadar, K. and Morris, M. (1998). Commentary on “Consulting: real problems, real interactions, real outcomes.” Statist. Sci. 13 25-29.
17. Kirk, R. (1991). Statistical consulting in a university: dealing with people and other challenges. Amer. Statist. 45 28-34.
18. Mackay, J. (1990). Commentary on “Communications between statisticians and engineers/physical scientists.” Technometrics 32 263-264.
19. Mackay, J. and Oldford, W. (1994). Stat 231 Course Notes Fall 1994. Univ. Waterloo.
20. Mackinnon, M. and Glick, N. (1999). Data mining and knowledge discovery in databases: an overview. Austral. New Zealand J. Statist. 41 255-275.
21. Mallows, C. (1998). 1997 Fisher memorial lecture: the zeroth problem. Amer. Statist. 52 1-9.
22. Miles, M. and Huberman, A. M. (1994). Qualitative Data Analysis. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
23. Moore, D. (1990a). Commentary on “Communications between statisticians and engineers/physical scientists.” Technometrics 32 265-266.
24. Moore, D. (1990b). Uncertainty. In On the shoulders of giants: new approaches to numeracy L. Steen (ed.) 95-137. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
25. Moore, D. (1992). Statistics for all: Why? What and how? In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Teaching Statistics (D. Vere-Jones, ed.) 1 423-428. Internat. Statist. Inst., Voorburg.
26. Moore, D. (1998). Statistics among the liberal arts. J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 93 1253-1259.
27. Provost, L. and Norman, C. (1990). Variation through the ages. Quality Progress December 1990 39-44.
28. Roberts, H. (1978). Statisticians can matter. Amer. Statist. 32 45-57.
29. Richards, T. and Richards, L. (1995). NUD IST. Qualitative Solutions and Research, La Trobe Univ., Bundoora, Australia.
30. Snee, R. (1990a). Commentary on “Communications between statisticians and engineers/physical scientists.” Technometrics 32 267-269.
31. Snee, R. (1990b). Statistical thinking and its contribution to quality. Amer. Statist. 44 116-121.
32. Taylor, S. (1998). Setting up computer-assisted personal interviewing in the Australian longitudinal study of ageing. Statist. Sci. 13 14-18.
33. Tribus, T. (1990). Commentary on “Communications between statisticians and engineers/physical scientists.” Technometrics 32 271-272.
34. Trosset, M. (1998). Commentary on “Consulting: real problems, real interactions, real outcomes.” Statist. Sci. 13 23-24.
35. Tweedie, R. (1998). Consulting: real problems, real interactions, real outcomes. Statist. Sci. 13 1-3.
36. Tweedie, R. and Hall, N. (1998). Queueing at the tax office. Statist. Sci. 13 18-23.
37. Wangen, L. (1990). Commentary on “Communications between statisticians and engineers/physical scientists.” Technometrics 32 273-274.
38. Wild, C. J. and Pfannkuch, M. (1999). Statistical thinking in empirical enquiry (with discussion). Internat. Statist. Rev. 67 223-265.