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Activity Number:
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181
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 7, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
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| Abstract - #304914 |
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Title:
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Teaching Engineers To Think Statistically
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Author(s):
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Scott A. Pardo*+
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Companies:
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Purdue Frederick Labs
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Address:
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3 Garret Mountain Plaza, West Paterson, NJ, 07424,
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Keywords:
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physics ; engineering ; emic anthropology
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Abstract:
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Engineers schooled in physics are not taught that 90% of the work they do when they graduate involves data analysis. Those who are introduced to inference in school have little idea how it applies to problems of system design. Most statisticians have limited training in engineering sciences and may have difficulty in communicating with engineers who often are taught to think deterministically. Due to lack of knowledge in physics, statisticians often are frustrated when explaining inference to engineers. In order to teach engineers how to think statistically, statisticians can borrow ideas from "emic" anthropologists, who study a culture through the eyes of its members rather than by external observation. By understanding physics, statisticians often can find sources of uncertainty in problems and tie notions of inferential thinking to the engineer's understanding.
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