statistics in health science
DQ1—How can graphics and/or statistics be used to misrepresent data? Where have you seen this done?
What do you feel is the muddiest point of DQ1?
DQ2—What are the characteristics of a population for which it would be appropriate to use mean/median/mode? When would the characteristics of a population make them inappropriate to use?
What do you feel is the muddiest point of DQ2?
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DQ1. Misinterpretation of statistics and graphics.
Statistics plays a crucial role in the medical field. It’s used in proving or disapproving illnesses and medications hypothesis. The graphics are commonly used in the representing the medical data. Graphics represents the data in a way that can be easily understood and interpreted by the interested party(s). Graphics and statistics are widely used in various disciplines such as health care, politics and in business to verify the different hypothesis. However, the statistics and graphics can be used to misinterpret the data (Munro, 2005). Misinterpretation of the data can be voluntary or involuntary. The deliberate misinterpretation occurs because of biases…
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