@article{Gardenier1999EthicalGF, title={Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice}, author={John S. Gardenier and David B. Resnik and Nancy M. Davidian and John W. Krueger}, journal={Accountability in Research}, year={1999}, volume={9} }
The American Statistical Association’s Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice are intended to help statistics practitioners make decisions ethically. Additionally, the ethical guidelines aim to promote accountability by informing those who rely on statistical analysis of the standards they should expect. The discipline of statistics links the capacity to observe with the ability to gather evidence and make decisions, providing a foundation for building a more informed society. Because…
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Statistics and Ethics
- S. VardemanM. Morris
Philosophy
- 2003
We write to young statisticians about the nature of statistics and their responsibilities as members ofthe statistical profession. We observe that the practice of the discipline is inherently moral…
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Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics is available at: //unstats.un.org/unsd/goodprac/bpabout.asp Members of the American Statistical Association (ASA) Committee on Professional Ethics
The United Nations Statistical Commission's
- 1994
1.Categorical data________
May be either numeric or nonnumeric
Indicate either how much or how many
Are always numeric
Are always nonnumeric
2.What organization developed the report, ‘’Ethical Guidelines for Statistical
Practice’’?
Federal Bureau for Ethical Practices in Statistics
International Statistical Organization
Ethics Committee for Statistical Practices
American Statistical Association
3.In a questionnaire , respondents are asked to mark their gender as Male,
Female, Transgender MtoF, Transgender FtoM, Non-binary, or Intersex.
Gender is an example of a(n)_____variable.
Ratio
Categorical
Interval
Quantitative
4.In a questionnaire, respondents are asked to record their age in years. Age is
an example of a ______
Ratio variable
Categorical or quantitative variable, depending on how the respondents answered
the questions
Quantitative variable
Categorical variable
5.The entities on which data are collected are
Samples
Elements
Sets
Populations
6.All data collected in a study are referred to as the
Inference
Data set
Variable
Census
7.Arithmetic Operations are inappropriate for