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Using GenAI to generate teachable data sets (here, an independent t test)

Two things I love to use when teaching stats are: 1)  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) visual abstracts . I've blogged about them before. 2) Useful tools to generate pretend data sets that mimic real data, and use those pretend data sets to teach. See: Richard  Landers '  and Andrew Luttrell 's websites. So, I was delighted when I saw this recently posted visual abstract about  Ewing-Cobbs et al. (2026) research on using a specific CBT program to reduce stress in children following a traumatic physical injury .  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2848163 I have a new  example of an independent  t  test  for class. Yay! And I teach tons of future nurses/PAs, so it is doubly applicable. However, the authors stated that the data wasn't immediately available. Also, once it is available, they (very reasonably) want to track their data sharing. Meaning that even if I could get their data, I shouldn't be s...