Economia
Porque muitos medicos, journalistas e políticos não saben interpretar correctamente as estadísticas de saúde e fazem falsas conclusões: "SUMMARY Many doctors, patients, journalists, and politicians alike do not understand what health statistics mean or draw wrong conclusions without noticing. Collective statistical illiteracy refers to the widespread inability to understand the meaning of numbers. For instance, many citizens are unaware that higher survival rates with cancer screening do not imply longer life, or that the statement that mammography screening reduces the risk of dying from breast cancer by 25% in fact means that 1 less woman out of 1,000 will die of the disease. We provide evidence that statistical illiteracy (a) is common to patients, journalists, and physicians; (b) is created by nontransparent framing of information that is sometimes an unintentional result of lack of understanding but can also be a result of intentional efforts to manipulate or persuade people; and (c) can have serious consequences for health..." Leia mais: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/pspi/pspi_8_2_article.pdf
- Institutos Nacional De Estatísticas Das Nações:
África do Sul - Statistics South AfricaAlbânia - Institute of StatisticsAlemanha - Federal Statistical OfficeAndorra - Departament d'Estudis i d'EstadísticaArgentina - Instituto Nacional de Estadística y CensosArménia - National Statistical...
- A Impossibilidade De Prognosticar A Economia
His first book was on Economic Forecasting (1928), which unfortunately has never been translated into English. He presented a biting and insightful analysis as to why quantitative models would never be able to successfully predict the economic future....
- Como Suecia Econtrou O Caminho Da Prosperidade
How Laissez-Faire Made Sweden Rich by Johan Norberg Sweden often gets held up as an example of how socialism can work better than markets. But, as Norberg shows, Sweden's history in fact points to the opposite conclusion. Once upon a time...
- Educação E Crescimento Econômico - O Caso De Portugal
O Wall Street Journal nota "... Portugal is the poorest country in Western Europe. It is also the least educated, and that has emerged as a painful liability in its gathering economic crisis... Education long was an afterthought here. "The southern countries...
- Falhas De Governo E A Saúde Pública
Frequentemente se argumenta que o maior envolvimento do governo nos serviços de saúde deve-se às "falhas de mercado". Entretanto, o grande problema do setor são as "falhas de governo", como argumenta John Goodman, expert em economia da saúde: "I...
Economia
Armadilhas em interpretar estadísticas
Porque muitos medicos, journalistas e políticos não saben interpretar correctamente as estadísticas de saúde e fazem falsas conclusões: "SUMMARY Many doctors, patients, journalists, and politicians alike do not understand what health statistics mean or draw wrong conclusions without noticing. Collective statistical illiteracy refers to the widespread inability to understand the meaning of numbers. For instance, many citizens are unaware that higher survival rates with cancer screening do not imply longer life, or that the statement that mammography screening reduces the risk of dying from breast cancer by 25% in fact means that 1 less woman out of 1,000 will die of the disease. We provide evidence that statistical illiteracy (a) is common to patients, journalists, and physicians; (b) is created by nontransparent framing of information that is sometimes an unintentional result of lack of understanding but can also be a result of intentional efforts to manipulate or persuade people; and (c) can have serious consequences for health..." Leia mais: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/pspi/pspi_8_2_article.pdf
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- Institutos Nacional De Estatísticas Das Nações:
África do Sul - Statistics South AfricaAlbânia - Institute of StatisticsAlemanha - Federal Statistical OfficeAndorra - Departament d'Estudis i d'EstadísticaArgentina - Instituto Nacional de Estadística y CensosArménia - National Statistical...
- A Impossibilidade De Prognosticar A Economia
His first book was on Economic Forecasting (1928), which unfortunately has never been translated into English. He presented a biting and insightful analysis as to why quantitative models would never be able to successfully predict the economic future....
- Como Suecia Econtrou O Caminho Da Prosperidade
How Laissez-Faire Made Sweden Rich by Johan Norberg Sweden often gets held up as an example of how socialism can work better than markets. But, as Norberg shows, Sweden's history in fact points to the opposite conclusion. Once upon a time...
- Educação E Crescimento Econômico - O Caso De Portugal
O Wall Street Journal nota "... Portugal is the poorest country in Western Europe. It is also the least educated, and that has emerged as a painful liability in its gathering economic crisis... Education long was an afterthought here. "The southern countries...
- Falhas De Governo E A Saúde Pública
Frequentemente se argumenta que o maior envolvimento do governo nos serviços de saúde deve-se às "falhas de mercado". Entretanto, o grande problema do setor são as "falhas de governo", como argumenta John Goodman, expert em economia da saúde: "I...