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Abstract:
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As statistical consultants in industry, most of us find our work in solving problems and making decisions based on statistical analysis, logic, and thinking to be both challenging and rewarding. However, we must not overlook the importance of the equally challenging and rewarding necessity of communicating our analyses, logic, and decisions to our chemist, physicist, and engineer customers, collaborators, and colleagues. Even a high-level understanding of simple statistical concepts---such as estimation, bias, variability, power, and probability---by our customers would increase productivity by increasing the chances that analyses and decisions are applied correctly with or without the presence of a statistician. In this roundtable discussion, we will discuss and share our experiences and techniques for communicating statistics to nonstatisticians.
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