Statistical Society of Canada accreditation (A.Stat. and P.Stat.)

Canada · Statistical Society of Canada · professional

11practice questions written to this syllabus
1subjects

Format

Accreditation by application (education, experience, ethics), with accredited courses counting towards A.Stat.; not a written exam.

Sections

Over the years

Read on the SSC accreditation page.

Official source: https://ssc.ca/en/accreditation

Subjects this exam draws on

Statistical Consulting, Research Methodology & Scientific Communication11 questions

Five practice questions, worked

Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.

1. During an interview, the consultant learns that each variety was grown at only one site, a different site for each variety. The key issue is:

  1. Variety is confounded with site
  2. The sample size is too large for any sensible analysis
  3. Sites need not be recorded
  4. The data must be transformed
Answer and working

A. Variety is confounded with site

Variety and site effects cannot be separated.

Statistical Consulting, Research Methodology & Scientific Communication · The consulting interview: from scientific question to statistical question

2. Adding a senior manager who made no contribution as an author is:

  1. Standard good practice in large research teams
  2. Required by statistical codes
  3. Ghost authorship
  4. Gift authorship
Answer and working

D. Gift authorship

Ghost authorship hides real contributors.

Statistical Consulting, Research Methodology & Scientific Communication · Research ethics, data integrity and authorship

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