A Statistical Guide for the Ethically Perplexed - CRC Press Book
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Features
Includes extensive discussions of U.S. federal court decisions where probabilistic and statistical reasoning was paramount
Clarifies a variety of statistical and probabilistic paradoxes and fallacies
Provides probabilistic tools to help readers understand the context that informs decision making in medical situations such as screening
Distinguishes between the notions of specific and general causation and explains how specific causation can be legally argued
Discusses the importance of cross-validation and the problem of making legitimate inferences based on culling and data mining
Explores the darker side of psychometrics, including forced sterilization, immigration restriction, and racial purity laws
Offers further reading and other supplements online
Summary
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.