tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6790458020172199921.post7850691277485196573..comments2024-02-05T02:09:05.867-08:00Comments on Musings and Essays: Dodged that Bullet!Tom Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02321976385624121972noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6790458020172199921.post-70548692886845961022011-06-19T09:13:35.369-07:002011-06-19T09:13:35.369-07:00On Medical Statistics: I've come to believe th...On Medical Statistics: I've come to believe there is a fundamental failure of our education system to teach statistical concepts. No aggregate measure of central tendency (mean, median, mode) is useful without some measure of variation (standard deviation, range, distribution shape). Not to mention some recognition of error and confidence limits. Yet most people persist in trying to interpret single numbers (in medicine, manufacturing, politics) that capture hundreds of cases without bothering about the blurring, distortion, or loss of the individual data. (Occam's razor improperly applied?)Viviannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6790458020172199921.post-62513429674871897132011-05-21T19:20:39.057-07:002011-05-21T19:20:39.057-07:00First of all, I am glad you had a positive respons...First of all, I am glad you had a positive response to the drug. Second, I am glad your doctor is an insurance company adept. Third, $45,000 is criminal. I am so dismayed by the fact that people I know have to choose "not health." Can't afford organic food. Can't afford supplements to make up for what is lacking in their food and to detox from all the stuff that is happening in our environment. Also, that so many in the health care professions don't even know how to treat the issues their patients bring in to them. Health care reform needs to take place on many levels.Wandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654451878235512846noreply@blogger.com