Statistics : a data science for the 21st century

Diggle, Peter John (2015) Statistics : a data science for the 21st century. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A Statistics in Society, 178 (4). pp. 793-813. ISSN 0964-1998

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Abstract

The rise of data science could be seen as a potental threat to the long-term status of the statistics discipline. I first argue that, although there is a threat, there is also a much greater opportunity to re-emphasize the universal relevance of statistical method to the interpretation of data, and I give a short historical outline of the increasingly important links between statistics and information technology. The core of the paper is a summary of several recent research projects, through which I hope to demonstrate that statistics makes an essential, but incomplete, contribution to the emerging field of ‘electronic health’ research. Finally, I offer personal thoughts on how statistics might best be organized in a research-led university, on what we should teach our students and on some issues broadly related to data science where the Royal Statistical Society can take a lead.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A Statistics in Society
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? economics and econometricssocial sciences (miscellaneous)statistics and probabilitystatistics, probability and uncertainty ??
ID Code:
82299
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Deposited On:
20 Oct 2016 10:04
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No
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Published
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