MEMORANDUM
Writing project 1：Hypothetical 1
TO: Charles Croft
FROM: Iceman (Tianjue Tao)
DATE: 10/19/2017
SUBJECT: Errors in Client Recommendation and Suggestions
I discovered some statistical errors when I dou¬¬¬ble-checked the research for the client proposal. If these errors would change our findings and recommendations to the client, we should amend the mistakes immediately. Otherwise, our client may not only suffer substantial losses, but our firm may even lose business. Under these circumstances, I propose three recommendations for us to solve the problem.
According to B.11 in the American Statistical Association’s Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice, “statisticians should strive to promptly correct any errors discovered while …show more content…
C. (2013). Data’s credibility problem. Harvard Business Review, 91(12), 84-88.
2.Mandelbaum, R. F. (2016). Hidden Side Effects. Scientific American, 316, 18-18.
Email
TO: Charles Croft
SUBJECT: Statistical Errors in Research of the Fortune 500 Client
FROM: Iceman (Tianjue Tao)
Dear Charles,
I apologize for interrupting your busy schedule and thank you in advanced for reading this email. You did such an impressive presentation today that the client seemed satisfied with your recommendations. I respect your efforts on such a huge and difficult project. I am also very content with your being partner of the company after you successfully complete this project.
But there is an urgent circumstance that I want to let you know. I found some mathematical errors which may cast doubts on solutions after I reviewed your research last week, and those errors have not been corrected. The fact is that the main recommendation may not be reliable.
I attach a memo below trying to explain the significance of it. I hope you could check the data again to ensure all of them work well. If you also find errors, please feel free to contact me. I will help you fix the problems to the best of my ability.
Best,
Ice man (Tianjue
Writing project 1：Hypothetical 1
TO: Charles Croft
FROM: Iceman (Tianjue Tao)
DATE: 10/19/2017
SUBJECT: Errors in Client Recommendation and Suggestions
I discovered some statistical errors when I dou¬¬¬ble-checked the research for the client proposal. If these errors would change our findings and recommendations to the client, we should amend the mistakes immediately. Otherwise, our client may not only suffer substantial losses, but our firm may even lose business. Under these circumstances, I propose three recommendations for us to solve the problem.
According to B.11 in the American Statistical Association’s Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice, “statisticians should strive to promptly correct any errors discovered while …show more content…
C. (2013). Data’s credibility problem. Harvard Business Review, 91(12), 84-88.
2.Mandelbaum, R. F. (2016). Hidden Side Effects. Scientific American, 316, 18-18.
TO: Charles Croft
SUBJECT: Statistical Errors in Research of the Fortune 500 Client
FROM: Iceman (Tianjue Tao)
Dear Charles,
I apologize for interrupting your busy schedule and thank you in advanced for reading this email. You did such an impressive presentation today that the client seemed satisfied with your recommendations. I respect your efforts on such a huge and difficult project. I am also very content with your being partner of the company after you successfully complete this project.
But there is an urgent circumstance that I want to let you know. I found some mathematical errors which may cast doubts on solutions after I reviewed your research last week, and those errors have not been corrected. The fact is that the main recommendation may not be reliable.
I attach a memo below trying to explain the significance of it. I hope you could check the data again to ensure all of them work well. If you also find errors, please feel free to contact me. I will help you fix the problems to the best of my ability.
Best,
Ice man (Tianjue