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Title:

Televisions, Physicians, and Life Expectancy

Url:

http://jse.amstat.org/v2n2/datasets.rossman.html

Creator:

Rossman, Allan

Publisher:

Dickinson College

Description: This article, created by Allan Rossman of Dickinson College, describes a dataset on life expectancies, densities of people per television set, and densities of people per physician in various countries of the world. The example addresses correlation versus causation and data transformations. The author states that "the example has proven very useful for helping students to discover the fundamental principle that correlation does not imply causation."

LC Classification:

Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Multivariate analysis -- Regression analysis. Correlation analysis
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Testing of hypotheses

GEM Subject:

Health
Mathematics -- Statistics

Key Concept:

Mathematics -- Correlation
Mathematics -- Hypothesis testing
Mathematics -- Statistics
Health

Date Issued:

1994

Resource Type:

Dataset
Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education

Language:

English

Rights:

Allan J. Rossman

Access Rights:

Free access

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