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So why do we put our estimates directly in the main text but measures of precision such as confidence intervals in parentheses? I think …
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On many occassions I’ve heard the phrase: Epidemiology has too many methodologists. The idea being that we have too many people …
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A huge problem I often see in health research is the inability to formulate a clear research question. If you start a project without a …
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Just a quick note on what a recent kerfuffle about the Bendavid et al SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence study in Santa Clara County …
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The null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) debate continues to churn on. There was a recent seminar where Jim Berger, Sander …
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Deciding what to adjust for is not a straightforward process. It requires subject matter about the variables in your analysis but also …
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A recent paper by Shrier et al was recently sent to me: Challenges in interpreting results from ‘multiple regression’ when there is …
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I read a lot of instrumental variable (IV) papers and most include a description of the IV assumptions. Given that IV analyses are …
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We worry so much about measurement in epidemiology. (Or at least we should.) We teach about the bias and lack of precision that can …
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Types of researchers // Pandoc 2.9 adds attributes on both header and div. We remove the former (to // be compatible with the behavior …
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