Assignment:
Statistical Ethics
In the textbook, §1.8 discusses "Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice" and promotes the idea that we should strive to be ethical in all that we do.
1. Why is it important to use statistics ethically?
2. Give an example of unethical use of statistics and explain why it is unethical.
3. Could this unethical use of statistics be corrected so that the statistics are performed fair, thoroughly, and objectively? Why or why not?