Human ecology, statistical analysis, and the logic of valid correlations DOI:10.5007/2175-7984.2011v10n19p57

Human health ecology is an expanding field of interdisciplinary research, combining knowledge drawn from distinct areas. Human ecology is essentially interdisciplinary. The search for the origin and distribution of diseases demands a combination of theories and methods from both natural and social s...

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Autor principal: Avila-Pires, Fernando Dias de; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Lenguaje:Portugués
Publicado: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) 2011
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Sociologia; Saúde; Educação; História
Human Ecology; Correlations; Statistical variables
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/politica/article/view/2175-7984.2011v10n19p57
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=br/br-033&d=article21402oai
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topic Sociologia; Saúde; Educação; História
Human Ecology; Correlations; Statistical variables
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Human Ecology; Correlations; Statistical variables
Avila-Pires, Fernando Dias de; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Human ecology, statistical analysis, and the logic of valid correlations DOI:10.5007/2175-7984.2011v10n19p57
topic_facet Sociologia; Saúde; Educação; História
Human Ecology; Correlations; Statistical variables
description Human health ecology is an expanding field of interdisciplinary research, combining knowledge drawn from distinct areas. Human ecology is essentially interdisciplinary. The search for the origin and distribution of diseases demands a combination of theories and methods from both natural and social sciences. There is a limit to the replication and repetition of observations and experiments in scientific research: hence the importance of statistics. As a tool, statistical analyses are usually based upon selected samples and samples must be representative of the whole. Irrelevant, erroneous, false, and misleading, information based on flawed interpretation of statistics has always plagued scientific publications. In some cases, not only professional ethics has been breached, but risks to well-being and health has been fostered. In this article I will not deal with fraud, but with bona fide errors of judgment and the use of erroneous statistical concepts. My objective in this article is to caution against a common practice adopted by researchers while using qualitative as well as quantitative methods of analysis to establish demographic categories.
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title Human ecology, statistical analysis, and the logic of valid correlations DOI:10.5007/2175-7984.2011v10n19p57
title_short Human ecology, statistical analysis, and the logic of valid correlations DOI:10.5007/2175-7984.2011v10n19p57
title_full Human ecology, statistical analysis, and the logic of valid correlations DOI:10.5007/2175-7984.2011v10n19p57
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