Statistics Spotlight: The Danger of Hidden Assumptions
Statistics Spotlight: The Danger of Hidden Assumptions
It’s critical to clarify assumptions that can hinder problem solving and decision making
- Publication:
- Quality Progress
- Date:
- October 2023
- Issue:
- Volume 56 Issue 10
- Pages:
- pp. 42-45
- Author(s):
- Anderson-Cook, Christine M., Lu, Lu
- Organization(s):
- Statistical Sciences Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Abstract
When collaborating on interdisciplinary cognitively diverse teams, there are ample opportunities for less-benign forms of confusion to occur because of poorly considered or articulated assumptions. As statisticians, we likely think about assumptions as associated with formal statistical tests and methods.
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