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Article: Statistics for Public Health
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- Encyclopedia of Public Health
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STATISTICS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
Nearly every day statistics are used to support assertions about health and what people can do to improve their health. The press frequently quotes scientific articles assessing the roles of diet, exercise, the environment, and access to medical care in maintaining and improving health. Because the effects are often small, and vary greatly from person to person, an understanding of statistics and how it allows researchers to draw conclusions from data is essential for every person interested in public health. Statistics is also of paramount importance in determining which claims regarding factors affecting our health are not valid, not supported by the data, ...
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