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What is an academic experience, project, class or book that has influenced or inspired you?
Humans have long searched for methods of communicating efficiently and persuading reasonably. Without convincing evidence that is demonstrated in fixed data, logical communication was difficult. Statistics have been found to reduce the uncertainty of valid presentation and eventually, predict outcomes based on statistical analysis. This interesting origin of statistics helped me to see the other side of the issue.
People tend to make generalization and enjoy simplicity it brings. But I have noticed when a generalization carries some kind of statistics, the generalization becomes a fact. I took a statistics class last year and I was surprised by the power statistics can carry. Statistics is a useful area of study which allows us to communicate more reasonably by estimating many aspects of the world. Statistics are consistently used in business negotiations, scientific seminars, and even sports analysis. But the fact that statistics can only estimate, not demonstrate, those aspects, makes statistics partially unreliable.
Statistics can be used as political propaganda and manipulate people's mind by exaggerating a part of data. Concept of model minority is a good example that uses statistics to identify an ethnic group in a particular sense. We find this phenomenon in sports as well. Basketball players are judged based on their records of points per game and quarterbacks are judged on their QB ratings.
Because of these characteristics of statistics, my statistics teacher taught us to be careful when making any kind of judgments based on data. I was challenged to think how power of statistics can be minimized. But what I eventually ended up was that judgments are made by humans, therefore humans have to change their perception towards statistics. Statistics will continue to exist, but reasonable interpretations can be made to fairly utilize the benefits of statistics.
Since my interesting finding of manipulative nature of statistics, I was influenced not to make any kind of judgment when looking at a statistics. Although probabilities made out of statistics often prove to be true, like the weather forecast and election results, I was influenced to think there are always extraordinary cases that cannot be explained with statistics; therefore, we should not totally believe judgments that are supported by statistics or give special credit to arguments that are supported by statistics.
Any comments are welcome.
What is an academic experience, project, class or book that has influenced or inspired you?
Humans have long searched for methods of communicating efficiently and persuading reasonably. Without convincing evidence that is demonstrated in fixed data, logical communication was difficult. Statistics have been found to reduce the uncertainty of valid presentation and eventually, predict outcomes based on statistical analysis. This interesting origin of statistics helped me to see the other side of the issue.
People tend to make generalization and enjoy simplicity it brings. But I have noticed when a generalization carries some kind of statistics, the generalization becomes a fact. I took a statistics class last year and I was surprised by the power statistics can carry. Statistics is a useful area of study which allows us to communicate more reasonably by estimating many aspects of the world. Statistics are consistently used in business negotiations, scientific seminars, and even sports analysis. But the fact that statistics can only estimate, not demonstrate, those aspects, makes statistics partially unreliable.
Statistics can be used as political propaganda and manipulate people's mind by exaggerating a part of data. Concept of model minority is a good example that uses statistics to identify an ethnic group in a particular sense. We find this phenomenon in sports as well. Basketball players are judged based on their records of points per game and quarterbacks are judged on their QB ratings.
Because of these characteristics of statistics, my statistics teacher taught us to be careful when making any kind of judgments based on data. I was challenged to think how power of statistics can be minimized. But what I eventually ended up was that judgments are made by humans, therefore humans have to change their perception towards statistics. Statistics will continue to exist, but reasonable interpretations can be made to fairly utilize the benefits of statistics.
Since my interesting finding of manipulative nature of statistics, I was influenced not to make any kind of judgment when looking at a statistics. Although probabilities made out of statistics often prove to be true, like the weather forecast and election results, I was influenced to think there are always extraordinary cases that cannot be explained with statistics; therefore, we should not totally believe judgments that are supported by statistics or give special credit to arguments that are supported by statistics.
