Bad stats: A regular series exploring slip-ups, snafus and salutary lessons from the world of statistics: The <i>Challenger</i> disaster

Journal Article Bad stats: A regular series exploring slip-ups, snafus and salutary lessons from the world of statistics: The Challenger disaster Get access V A Samaranayake V A Samaranayake V. A. Samaranayake is Curator's Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus in the department of mathematics and statistics at Missouri University of Science and Technology. His areas of research include time series analysis, data science, and statistical applications in biological and social sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1892-8363 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Significance, Volume 21, Issue 4, September 2024, Pages 40–43, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae063 Published: 09 August 2024

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Bad stats: A regular series exploring slip-ups, snafus and salutary lessons from the world of statistics: The Challenger disaster

V. A. Samaranayake
Significance
Statistics Education and Methodologies
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Bad stats: A regular series exploring slip-ups, snafus and salutary lessons from the world of statistics: The Challenger disaster

V. A. Samaranayake
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Journal Article Bad stats: A regular series exploring slip-ups, snafus and salutary lessons from the world of statistics: The Challenger disaster Get access V A Samaranayake V A Samaranayake V. A. Samaranayake is Curator's Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus in the department of mathematics and statistics at Missouri University of Science and Technology. His areas of research include time series analysis, data science, and statistical applications in biological and social sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1892-8363 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Significance, Volume 21, Issue 4, September 2024, Pages 40–43, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae063 Published: 09 August 2024

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Bad stats: A regular series exploring slip-ups, snafus and salutary lessons from the world of statistics: The <i>Challenger</i> disaster — V. A. Samaranayake · Significance (2024) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS