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JSM 2002 Abstract #301711
Activity Number: 112
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 12, 2002 : 12:00 PM to 1:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences*
Abstract - #301711
Title: Incorporating Large and Historical Bibliographies into the Teaching of Applied Statistics and Epidemiology
Author(s): Mark Fulcomer*+ and Adrienne Headley and Marcia Sass and S. Kriska and Katherine Chung and Jenny Clayton and Michelle LaRue and Michael Holton
Affiliation(s): Richard Stockton College/UMDNJ and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Restat Systems, Inc. and Restat Systems, Inc. and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Richard Stockton College and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Richard Stockton College
Address: 32 Rebecca Court, West Trenton, New Jersey, 08628,
Keywords: bibliographies ; teaching ; applied statistics ; epidemiology ; discriminant functions ; infant mortality
Abstract:

Bibliographic software and the in-class utilization of computers can reinforce important historical insights in introductory courses in applied statistics and epidemiology. This presentation details the development, use, and availability of two large bibliographies for both undergraduate and graduate courses. Incorporating 941 entries, the first bibliography covers the literature in discriminant functions, classification, and related topics up until 1978. With many seminal articles (e.g., by Fisher, Mahalanobis, Rao, and others), this statistically-oriented collection facilitates an appreciation for the evolution of scholarly work in multivariate analysis from temporal and international perspectives. While smaller but growing, the second bibliography currently has over 200 titles related to infant mortality and associated health disparities. Beyond promoting "historical consciousness" of the role of statistics in health policy and planning though exposure to somewhat more "ancient" works, access to recent findings on such a highly-publicized problem provides many "real" examples and illustrates emerging applications, including geographic information systems (GIS).

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