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For a more recent example of persecution of scientists using statistics to refute a scientific paradigm, see Global warming controversy.
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==Significance of Statistics==
 
==Significance of Statistics==
 
Ignaz Semmelweis was one of the first scientists to use formal data collection and statistics to test a hypothesis.  Statistics was in its infancy as a science, but modern statisticians have evaluated his data and confirmed his conclusions.  The use of the scientific method and statistics is the basis of modern medicine.
 
Ignaz Semmelweis was one of the first scientists to use formal data collection and statistics to test a hypothesis.  Statistics was in its infancy as a science, but modern statisticians have evaluated his data and confirmed his conclusions.  The use of the scientific method and statistics is the basis of modern medicine.
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For a more recent example of persecution of scientists using statistics to refute a scientific paradigm, see [[Global warming controversy]].
    
==References==
 
==References==
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