AWIS Webinar
Make Better Scientific Decisions with Imperfect Data: The TAP Method
Led by: Chantel Wilson Chase
Thursday, June 11, 2026
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
About the Session
Scientists today are asked to make high-stakes decisions in environments defined by ambiguity, rapid AI-generated outputs, and incomplete information. We are often expected to weigh in quickly — sometimes with limited context and historical data.
The TAP Method (Tools • Analysis • Population) offers a practical way to understand how imperfect the data is — and to make informed, responsible decisions with those imperfections in clearer view.
This session is designed for scientists who often face social penalties for asking clarifying questions. TAP provides neutral, non-adversarial language that helps you surface limitations, challenge assumptions, and articulate when a decision is being made with “half data” — not as a flaw, but as a deliberate act of decision intelligence.
You’ll leave with a set of questions and strategies that increase your influence, confidence, and clarity in fast-moving scientific environments.
Key Takeaways:
• Understand the limits of imperfect data
• Make responsible decisions even when data is partial
• Ask sharper questions without being dismissed or penalized
• Increase your influence in high-stakes discussions
Speaker
Chantel Wilson Chase is a data scientist with a 30 year career that began as a statistician for the U.S. Census Bureau.
She has spent decades inside complex organizations — including Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Tufts Health Plan, Staples, and Alexion/AstraZeneca — where she learned we all are routinely asked to make decisions with the best available data, even when that data falls short in critical ways. That reality led her to create the TAP Method, a decision intelligence framework that helps teams understand the strengths and limitations of their data so they can move forward responsibly, even when information is imperfect.
Chantel is the author of Measure Smarter 2 Know More and Life, Measured, and is known for giving scientists — especially women — the language and confidence to ask sharper questions and influence decisions with clarity and courage.
Zoom captioning and a video recording will be available.
This webinar is $29 for non-members. (Not a member? Join AWIS for free webinar registration and access to other great resources!)