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Activity Number: 254
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences
Abstract - #308470
Title: Use of Interesting Examples from Medicine and Biology
Author(s): Harry Norton*+
Companies: Carolinas Medical Center
Address: 5500 Lansing Drive, Charlotte, NC, 28270,
Keywords: Teaching ; Statistical Education ; Introductory Biostatistics ; Examples from Medicine
Abstract:

Keeping undergraduate biology students and medical residents interested in statistics, when most of the students are taking the class as a requirement can be challenging. I have attempted to accomplish this goal by using real-life and engaging examples from medicine and biology. I will present a number of examples that I use in my course instruction. These will include published medical papers containing critical mistakes, fallacies in numerical reasoning, the Will Roger's Phenomenon, and population estimation using the capture/recapture method.

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