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Future of measurement and statistics
Future of measurement and statistics
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
: 3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
In virtually all aspects of public health and medicine, there have been major technological innovations that have led to expansions in the volume and types of measurements that are available to analysts. Examples include genomics, brain imaging, remote sensing, social media wearable computing. In this talk, we will give examples of this phenomenon and then attempt to contextualize the role of statistics and more generally quantitative analysis. The impacts of this change on education, training and collaboration will also be discussed.
Learning Areas:
Biostatistics, economicsSocial and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Describe the expansions in the volume and types of measurements that are available to analysts
Assess the role of statistics in addressing impacts of this expansion on education, training and collaboration
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Spiegelman Award winner
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.