"IT'S ONLY STATISTICS!"
The general public know Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) as the founder of military nursing during the Crimean War (1854-6). While there, Nightingale initiated the military allotment system. After "retirement" in England, Nightingale's statistical work helped initiate "the welfare state" (social security, etc.). As a young woman, Nightingale was tutored by Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897), one of the greatest mathematicians in history, who later said she was the best of all his students. Nightingale said, "Every one should study statistics to learn God's plan for the Universe." Widespread statistical abuse, unprofessionally ignored by most statisticians, results in a "broke" conception of God's plan for the Universe. (The following is statabuse, intended or not, as "sins of omission", and more "broke". To see answer to given QUESTION, click at eyelet. To dismiss answer, click at "OK".)
1. What statistical abuse is committed by the Medical Profession?
2. What statistical abuse is committed by the Pharmaceutical firms & Federal Drug Agency (FDA)?
3. What statabuse occurs repeatedly in reports of testing various scientific or medical hypotheses?
4. What statabuse occurs because of the probabilty theory used?
5. What statabuse occurs in much or most grading-on-the-curve?
6. What statabuse occurs in typical treatment of I. Q. grades?
7. What statabuse is inherent in A-B-C-D-F GRADING?
8. What statabuse is inherent in the typical student testing?
9. What statabuse involved quality control engineering?
10. What statabuse harms, perhaps threatens, American citizenship?
11. What historic achievements by a statistican regarding the CENSUS has been ignored?
12. What statabuse distorts our CENSUS and political representation?
13. What (ignored and neglected) work by a statistician may have changed history?