What Is Statistics?
The American StatisticianPublished 2 February 2009
Emery N. Brown, Robert E. Kass
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Abstract
We use our experience in neuroscience as a source of defining issues for the discipline of statistics. We argue that to remain vibrant, the field must open up by taking a less restrictive view of what constitutes statistical training.
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