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This paper provides background to articles in the special issue. It is aimed at readers who are not experts in statistics and may not be familiar with sequence of developments in topics covered. Reader will find very non-technical material about the role of statistics in genetics, health, evolution, survival analysis, etc.
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Gore, A. Statistics is What Statistics Does. J Indian Inst Sci 102, 1107–1110 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41745-022-00328-7
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