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Activity Number: 185
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 10, 2015 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences
Abstract #315455 View Presentation
Title: Three Related Paradoxes
Author(s): Harry James Norton* and George Divine
Companies: Carolinas Medical Center and Henry Ford Hospital
Keywords: Teaching ; Statistical Education ; Paradoxes
Abstract:

Keeping undergraduate biology students and medical residents interested in statistics, when most are taking the class as a requirement can be hallenging. We attempt to accomplish this goal by using real-life and engaging examples. Our examples include 3 related statistical paradoxes. Paradoxes, by their very nature, are interesting and non-intuitive. The topics of the paradoxes include IQ scores, Corporate Average Fuel Economy(CAFE) standards for automobiles and trucks,and cancer staging. See if you can find the common thread in the 3 paradoxes!

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