Statistics Is Easy

With today's software, statistics is easy, right? Even before the start of Data Mania, circa 2010, vendors have been suggesting that if we buy their easy-to-use statistical software, we don't really need to know what we're doing. Since then, hogwash about automated machine learning and "AI" has populated the blogosphere in great quantity. What should populate the blogosphere instead are the true horror stories about costly errors people with little background in statistics are making with this easy-to-use software. Over time, they may help, but typically these programs and courses cover a wide range of subjects superficially.