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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
two areas in medical sciences are demanding a higher level of math. Both have to do with the problem of multiple comparisons, sifting through large amounts of data.
Genetics and MRI.
But for the most part the medical sciences use simple statistics. I have made these observations, what is the chance that they are the product of randomness?
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I try chatting up statistics with health professionals I interact with all the time. The nurse at work doesn't know what "standard deviation" is. But I guess that's OK, she can tell me whether my blood pressure is within normal range and that does the job.
Right now in cognitive science researchers are reporting impossibly high correlation numbers in fMRI studies. This is damning.
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives...rrelations.php