January 16, 2011
by peter.taylor
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Ideas: Developing epidemiological literacy requires: 1) collaboration with others (of differing skills and interests) and reflection on personal and professional development. 2) establishing our own practices of learning from material we don’t fully grasp at first reading/hearing. These two ideas … Continue reading
January 15, 2011
by peter.taylor
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In 2007 I started teaching a graduate course on Epidemiological Thinking for non-specialists, in which I, as a non-specialist myself, emphasized epidemiological literacy with a view to collaborating thoughtfully with specialists, not technical expertise (see http://bit.ly/epicourse). More people should be … Continue reading
January 14, 2011
by peter.taylor
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In advising on the most effective measures to be taken to improve the health of a population, epidemiologists may focus on different determinants of the disease than a doctor would when faced with sick or high-risk individuals. This contrast is … Continue reading
November 11, 2010
by peter.taylor
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The data that researchers collect shapes the kinds of patterns and hypotheses or predictions they can make. Galton, a founding father of the analysis of similarity among relatives, recognized that those similarities say nothing on their own to distinguish ‘between … Continue reading