In some instances, a more stringent use of statistical testing would be useful.
The use of statistical gurus in front offices is not new.
Use of statistical data or figures that appear dubious or wrong is another important theme.
He also backed the use of statistical sampling methods to reflect hard-to-count population groups in the 2000 census.
The raw survey data permit the use of statistical methods to explain and predict how individuals vote.
Mr. Jelinek, an electrical engineer, took a different tack, advocating the use of statistical tools.
But it will do little if anything to quell the debate about the use of statistical sampling methods to correct for a potential undercount.
From grammar school he went to Cambridge, becoming an academic geographer just as the discipline began making greater use of statistical methods.
In the 1980s Mr Groves supported the use of statistical sampling to estimate how many people the census misses.
ReprintsThe Census Bureau thinks the only way to improve the numbers is to make more use of statistical sampling methods.
Fields such as health care, biology, chemistry, physics, education, engineering, business, and economics make extensive use of statistical inference.
