Statistics: If one only studies uses and not abuses, one might be misguided
By Prof Utpal K De, Dr Arjun Kumar Everyone is well aware of the uses of statistics — how data is used to reveal some facts like changes of some variables over time and across communities depending on various aspects of society. Also, data is used to correlate various factors and form welfare policies. However, there are several abuses of statistics too. For example, a positive change in any aspect might directly be credited to its respective policy. However, we ignore the other side impacts ...
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