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Activity Number:
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47
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Sunday, July 29, 2007 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Consulting
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| Abstract - #308035 |
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Title:
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Training University Students in Ethical Use of Statistics as Part of the LANGURE Project
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Author(s):
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Larry A. Nelson*+
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Companies:
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North Carolina State University
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Address:
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Campus Box 7608, Raleigh, NC, 27695/7608,
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Keywords:
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Ethics in Research ; Ethical Use of Statistics ; Misuse ; LANGURE
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Abstract:
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The need for an Ethics in Research course gave rise to a project called LANGURE involving a consortium of eight U. S. universities. The resulting one-hour course will be taught at several Land Grant and related institutions. In some institutions, it will be required of all graduate students. One important course module will be Ethical Use of Statistics. Statisticians and users of Statistics from the eight universities are jointly involved in developing the content of the course. This content will focus on types of ethical problems in statistical usage such as misuse, sloppiness and outright fraud. Case study examples of each of these problem types will be presented in the course. In addition to planning and conducting the experiments or surveys, emphasis will also be given to the analysis and reporting phases. Module access will be available on the NCSU Graduate School web site.
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