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4. It is liable to be miscued:
As W.I. King points out, “One of the short-comings of statistics is that
do not bear on their face the label of their quality.” So we can say that
we can check the data and procedures of its approaching to
conclusions. But these data may have been collected by inexperienced
persons or they may have been dishonest or biased. As it is a delicate
science and can be easily misused by an unscrupulous person. So data
must be used with a caution. Otherwise results may prove to be
disastrous.
(ii) Law of statistical regularity, are not as good as their science laws.
As discussed above, here the results are interpolated for which time
series or regression or probability can be used. These are not
absolutely true. If average of two sections of students in statistics is
same, it does not mean that all the 50 students is section A has got
same marks as in B. There may be much variation between the two. So
we get average results.
“Statistics largely deals with averages and these averages may be made
up of individual items radically different from each other.” —W.L King
“It must not be assumed that the statistics is the only method to use in
research, neither should this method of considered the best attack for
the problem.” —Croxten and Cowden
Although we use many laws and formulae in statistics but still the
results achieved are not final and conclusive. As they are unable to
give complete solution to a problem, the result must be taken and used
with much wisdom.