Spring Seminar Series - February 2, 2006
University of Minnesota
School of Statistics
College of Liberal Arts
How
to Talk About Statistics with Smart People Who Don't Know the
Difference Between an Oddfellow and an Odds Ratio
Sanford Weisberg
School of Statistics
University of Minnesota
Thursday, February 2, 2006
3:30 PM, 115
Ford Hall
Minneapolis, East Bank Campus
Social at 3:00 PM, 300 Ford Hall
Abstract
Statisticians,
and other technically trained people, have an
obligation to communicate their unique knowledge to people without the
same abilities or training. In this talk, I will discuss the lives of
some people who have done this well. I will also comment on my
experiences in these realm, drawn mostly from my consulting experience
with university researchers, with government bureaucrats, and lawyers.
This
talk is intended primarily for students, but others might find it
amusing
as well.