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Name: Ethics in Statistics
ID: m15555
Language: English (en)
Summary: Statisticians and researchers encounter many ethical issues in their jobs. Statistics students could benefit if they study examples of non ethical behaviors in the field of statistics. After reading different scenarios, they will describe the wrong behavior, comment on the consequences of the behavior, and suggest steps to avoid it.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics, Business
Keywords: business ethics, ethics, research, statistics
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Maria de los A. Medina (mmedina@uprm.edu)
Copyright Holders: Maria de los A. Medina (mmedina@uprm.edu)
Maintainers: Maria de los A. Medina (mmedina@uprm.edu)
Version: 1.1 (history)
Created: Nov 2, 2007 12:32 pm GMT-5
Revised: Nov 19, 2007 3:11 pm US/Central
Based On: Building an Ethics Module for Business, Science, and Engineering Students
Originally By: Jose A. Cruz-Cruz (cruz.jose@adem.uprm.edu), William Frey (wfrey@uprm.edu)

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Version: 1.1 Nov 19, 2007 3:11 pm US/Central by Maria de los A. Medina
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