Statistics: Its Utility, Its Risks

Wu, John Y. (2014) Statistics: Its Utility, Its Risks. Open Journal of Philosophy, 04 (04). pp. 445-450. ISSN 2163-9434

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Abstract

Since natural science is our most precise and careful method of investigation of reality, based on our most precise thinking, mathematics, statistics as the mathematical point of contact with reality is the spearhead of scientific investigations-points of reality-contact-such as physics and engineering. This essay briefs technical calculations of statistics, as it focuses on the vast significance of statistics by One, citing two concrete examples to show its utilitarian power penetrating the concrete situations, and then Two, our cautions on its use, some quite serious.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Digital Academic Press > Social Sciences and Humanities
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Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2023 07:02
Last Modified: 07 Jun 2024 10:12
URI: http://science.researchersasian.com/id/eprint/1640

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