I’m Late, I’m Late, for an Important Date - 4/7/2026
I wrote a series entitled "Why is a Statistician Invited to the Room Late?" This is really saying why is collaboration between scientists and statisticians sub-optimal. I wrote and posted 9 reasons. Here I add reasons why this collaboration matters along with links to the 9 articles that address why this collaboration is sub-optimal. This sub-optimality can lead to a host of issues: from poor decisions to information that is collected but not fully utilized, which ultimately impacts real patients. A problem is fixed by recognizing the problem and then understanding the reasons why the problem exists. Now it is time for each of us (scientists and quantitative scientists) to reflect and move this collaboration towards optimality.