For disciplines concerned with human well-being, such as
medicine, psychology, and law, statistics must be used in
accordance with standards for ethical practice. A Statistical Guide
for the Ethically Perplexed illustrates the proper use of
probabilistic and statistical reasoning in the behavioral, social,
and biomedical sciences. Designed to be consulted when learning
formal statistical techniques, the text describes common instances
of both correct and false statistical and probabilistic
reasoning.
Lauded for their contributions to statistics, psychology, and
psychometrics, the authors make statistical methods relevant to
readers day-to-day lives by including real historical situations
that demonstrate the role of statistics in reasoning and decision
making. The historical vignettes encompass the English case of
Sally Clark, breast cancer screening, risk and gambling, the
Federal Rules of Evidence, "high-stakes" testing, regulatory issues
in medicine, difficulties with observational studies, ethics in
human experiments, health statistics, and much more. In addition to
these topics, seven U.S. Supreme Court decisions reflect the
influence of statistical and psychometric reasoning and
interpretation/misinterpretation.
Exploring the intersection of ethics and statistics, this
comprehensive guide assists readers in becoming critical and
ethical consumers and producers of statistical reasoning and
analyses. It will help them reason correctly and use statistics in
an ethical manner. "
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