1.5. Do statisticians count?
In a soul-searching article, Andy Grieve (2002) asks the question whether statisticians count. Even though the number of statisticians working in the pharmaceutical industry has increased by 50-fold since the late 70's, Grieve felt that the influence statisticians had in their respective companies had not increased proportionally. Grieve looked at the barriers that prevented statisticians from contributing as much as they could and offered some solutions.
Particularly noteworthy is the assertion that it is statistician and not statistics that is important. Statistics, as a discipline, does not influence, does not persuade, does not design studies, does not analyze data, does not interpret findings, and does not report ...
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