title: Science, statistics, and paired comparisons.
abstract: A prologue on science and statistics focuses attention on the role of statistics in science. Statisticians must be trained as scientists and to meet the needs of science. Those needs surely involve the formulation, modification and verification of stochastic models designed to represent natural phenomena. The method of paired comparisons provides a simple experimental technique but one with a literature rich in model development.
mesh_terms: D008433:Mathematics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012586:Science; D013223:Statistics as Topic