ABSTRACT
In the history of science, the single most important breakthrough is probably the publication of Newton’s Principia. In the quest to develop “social physics” and “natural laws of society,” researchers in the soft sciences have found that calculus is not readily applicable. It is fair to say that researchers in non-experimental science are the major consumers of statistical methods. It is evident that social scientists in general spend more time pursuing their advanced degrees. To enhance the status of the statistical discipline, many statisticians have been tapping the concept of statistical quality control championed by Edwards Deming, the most famous living statistician. Finally, we try to put forth a new perspective on statistical inference. The scientific landscape has long been littered with misused statistics.
