This paper illustrates some aspects of the controversial relations between statistical competence and trustfulness in results, mainly from the point of view of the statistical profession with respect to new professions in the Big Data era. Who is a statistician? How can she/he considered trustful? What is the relationship between being a statistician and, say, a data scientist? These are among the questions we try to answer in this paper.

Being a statistician in the big data era: A controversial role? / G. Manzi - In: Proceedings of the Statistics and Data Science Conference / [a cura di] P. Cerchiello, A. Agosto, S. Osmetti, A. Scelta. - [s.l] : Pavia University Press, 2023 May. - ISBN 978-88-6952-170-6. - pp. 42-46 (( convegno Statistics for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence tenutosi a Pavia nel 2023.

Being a statistician in the big data era: A controversial role?

G. Manzi
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2023

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This paper illustrates some aspects of the controversial relations between statistical competence and trustfulness in results, mainly from the point of view of the statistical profession with respect to new professions in the Big Data era. Who is a statistician? How can she/he considered trustful? What is the relationship between being a statistician and, say, a data scientist? These are among the questions we try to answer in this paper.
Statistician; deontology; data analysis ethics standards; chartered professional
Settore SECS-S/01 - Statistica
mag-2023
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