<p>There are questions where the main point is ethics but to answer requires statistical background. For instance if you serve on the data monitoring committee for a clinical trial you may be faced with a situation where it seems that the trial may need to be stopped early for safety (not for futility or for benefit). This is an ethical issue balancing the interests of various parties but in order to give a good answer you need to understand the issues involved in early stopping which I believe are statistical.</p>
