Class 32: The Errors & Exaggerations of Epidemiology I

Lesson 32: The Evils & Errors of Epidemiology I

More bad science is done in the name of Epidemiology than maybe even sociology itself. An exaggeration? Well, let's see. We begin with the mistakes, which are forgotten and neglected uncertainties, and the conflation of Exposure and Dose, and why this gives wildly misleading results.

All questions will be answered in the following Monday's lecture.

Written lecture:
https://www.wmbriggs.com/post/54394/
https://wmbriggs.substack.com/p/class-32-the-evils-excesses-and-errors

Jaynes's book: http://www.med.mcgill.ca/epidemiology/hanley/bios601/GaussianModel/JaynesProbabilityTheory.pdf

Permanent class page: https://www.wmbriggs.com/class/

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