Know your chances : understanding health statistics /
Woloshin, Steve,author.
Schwartz, Lisa M.(Lisa Miriam),1963-2018,author.
Welch, H. Gilbert,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-137) and index.
Understanding risk -- Putting risk in perspective -- Risk charts : a way to get perspective -- Judging the benefit of a health intervention -- Not all benefits are equal : understand the outcome -- Consider the downsides -- Do the benefits outweight the downsides? -- Beware of exaggerated importance -- Beware of exaggerated certainty -- Who's behind the numbers?
Health risk assessment
Medical statistics
Health risk assessment.
Medical statistics.