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THINKING WITH . DATA. Chris " Pagz " Pagliarulo , PhD SBCE: Science, Biostatistics, & Cancer Education University of California, Davis. coolnessgraphed.tumblr.com. Statistics. Who cares?.
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THINKING WITH DATA Chris "Pagz" Pagliarulo, PhD SBCE: Science, Biostatistics, & Cancer Education University of California, Davis coolnessgraphed.tumblr.com
Statistics Who cares?
If you think that statistics has nothing to say about what you do or how you could do it better, then you are either wrong or in need of a more interesting job. - Stephen Senn(Dicing with Death: Chance, Risk and Health)
Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary a qualification for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write. -- H.G. Wells
What does SBCE offer? • Visualization & • Analysis TOOLS • Case Studies
AnalysisTOOLS SeeIt DATAvisualization
Adaptation for Feeding? Photo Source: Luca Galuzzi
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GRAPH Comparison Average Height of adult males 5.2M Average Height of adult females 4.2M Height of Feeding - Adult Males & Females (meters)
What didn’t these doctors know? http://drcherylhealton.blogspot.com/2010/04/first-do-no-harm-why-cleveland-clinic.html
gender age history hospital lung cancer no lung cancer
cancer Amount of smoking? Amount of smoking?
Summary Mean Median