Know your chances : understanding health statistics / Steven Woloshin, Lisa M. Schwartz, and H. Gilbert Welch.
Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.Description: 142 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780520252226 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0520252225
- 614.4/2 22
- RA427.3 .W65 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-137) and index.
Understanding risk -- Putting risk in perspective -- Risk charts : a way to get perspective -- Judging the benefit of a health intervention -- Not all benefits are equal : understand the outcome -- Consider the downsides -- Do the benefits outweigh the downsides? -- Beware of exaggerated importance -- Beware of exaggerated certainty -- Who's behind the numbers?
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