Abstract Details
Activity Number:
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570
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences
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Abstract #312093
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Title:
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An Interesting Example for an Introductory Biostatistics Course: Simpson's Paradox
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Author(s):
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Harry Norton*+ and William Anderson and Megan Templin and George Divine
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Companies:
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Carolinas Medical Center and Carolinas Medical Center and Carolinas Medical Center and Henry Ford Hospital
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Keywords:
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Teaching ;
Statistical Education ;
Introductory Biostatistics ;
Paradoxes
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Abstract:
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Keeping undergraduate biology students and medical residents interested in statistics can be challenging, especially when most are taking the class as a requirement. To help accomplish this goal, we use examples of Simpson's paradox in our course lectures. In this presentation we will describe Simpson's paradox; give a brief history of the paradox; and present actual examples from medicine, epidemiology, and the law. We also present mathematical conditions under which the paradox cannot occur. Finally, we review statistical methods that will give valid results for this type of data.
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