(IN)APPLICABILITY OF STATISTICAL METHODS TO THE STUDIES ON LIVING SYSTEMS: THEORETICAL LENS
The paper theoretically explores the limitations of the statistical method. Specifically, we point to the inapplicability of statistics in the studies on living systems. Western interdisciplinary sciences, natural sciences and humanities, often analyze data and develop the lines of argumentation as...
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Center for Quality, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
2022-03-01
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| author | Marta Bogusławska-Tafelska Adam Lecko |
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| description | The paper theoretically explores the limitations of the statistical method. Specifically, we point to the inapplicability of statistics in the studies on living systems. Western interdisciplinary sciences, natural sciences and humanities, often analyze data and develop the lines of argumentation as endorsed by the statistical analysis. In the present study, we select several theoretical, applicational problems which question this methodological in the studies on living systems. Paradigmatic/philosophical considerations, the improbability principle, or the correlation between the variables in the research are among the themes we focus on in our paper. The underlying idea is that life processes and the living world operate in a reality which is both linear and nonlinear, local and nonlocal. Hence, the methodology of research into these living realms needs to bypass the computational approaches and algorithmic modelling. We argue that statistics (as a branch of mathematics) cannot be decisive as regards research and applicational programs on living systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-22bef16046f346a19aba9af220a78a8e2022-12-21T21:20:11ZengCenter for Quality, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, SerbiaInternational Journal for Quality Research1800-64501800-74732022-03-0116127928410.24874/IJQR16.01-19(IN)APPLICABILITY OF STATISTICAL METHODS TO THE STUDIES ON LIVING SYSTEMS: THEORETICAL LENSMarta Bogusławska-Tafelska 0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8364-9857Adam Lecko 1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0185-9402Lomza State University of Applied Sciences, PolandUniversity of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, PolandThe paper theoretically explores the limitations of the statistical method. Specifically, we point to the inapplicability of statistics in the studies on living systems. Western interdisciplinary sciences, natural sciences and humanities, often analyze data and develop the lines of argumentation as endorsed by the statistical analysis. In the present study, we select several theoretical, applicational problems which question this methodological in the studies on living systems. Paradigmatic/philosophical considerations, the improbability principle, or the correlation between the variables in the research are among the themes we focus on in our paper. The underlying idea is that life processes and the living world operate in a reality which is both linear and nonlinear, local and nonlocal. Hence, the methodology of research into these living realms needs to bypass the computational approaches and algorithmic modelling. We argue that statistics (as a branch of mathematics) cannot be decisive as regards research and applicational programs on living systems.http://ijqr.net/journal/v16-n1/19.pdfliving systemsstatisticsquality |
| spellingShingle | Marta Bogusławska-Tafelska Adam Lecko (IN)APPLICABILITY OF STATISTICAL METHODS TO THE STUDIES ON LIVING SYSTEMS: THEORETICAL LENS International Journal for Quality Research living systems statistics quality |
| title | (IN)APPLICABILITY OF STATISTICAL METHODS TO THE STUDIES ON LIVING SYSTEMS: THEORETICAL LENS |
| title_full | (IN)APPLICABILITY OF STATISTICAL METHODS TO THE STUDIES ON LIVING SYSTEMS: THEORETICAL LENS |
| title_fullStr | (IN)APPLICABILITY OF STATISTICAL METHODS TO THE STUDIES ON LIVING SYSTEMS: THEORETICAL LENS |
| title_full_unstemmed | (IN)APPLICABILITY OF STATISTICAL METHODS TO THE STUDIES ON LIVING SYSTEMS: THEORETICAL LENS |
| title_short | (IN)APPLICABILITY OF STATISTICAL METHODS TO THE STUDIES ON LIVING SYSTEMS: THEORETICAL LENS |
| title_sort | in applicability of statistical methods to the studies on living systems theoretical lens |
| topic | living systems statistics quality |
| url | http://ijqr.net/journal/v16-n1/19.pdf |
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