Overview
Chapter 11 begins with a paragraph about the space shuttle Challenger accident in January 1986 and the topic continues on page 307 with a statistical test indicating data would have shown this as a very likely failure.
The final chapter sentence states "This is one of the more dramatic instances that points out why engineers and scientists need a strong background in basic statistical techniques."
Find an article, or state an example, where data was important in making the right decision. Why was data needed to make the right decision when we have all these smart people around?