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Bad credit scores as a predictor of dementia

Suicide hotline efficacy data: Assessment, descriptive data, t-tests, correlation, regression examples abound

Type I/II error in real life: The FDA and the search for an at-home COVID-19 test

NPR's The Pandemic Is Pushing Scientists To Rethink How They Read Research Papers

Using Pew Research Center Race and Ethnicity data across your statistics curriculum

Planet Money's The Modal American

A big metaphor for effect sizes, featuring malaria.

Free beer (data)!

Watson's For Women Over 30, There May Be A Better Choice Than The Pap Smear

Talking to your students about operationalizing and validating patient pain.

Chi-square example via dancing, empathetic babies

Stein's, "Could probiotics protect kids from a downside of antibiotics?"

Teach t-tests via "Waiting to pick your baby's name raises the risk for medical mistakes"

Harris's "Scientists Are Not So Hot At Predicting Which Cancer Studies Will Succeed"

Parents May Be Giving Their Children Too Much Medication, Study Finds

Harris' "Reviews Of Medical Studies May Be Tainted By Funders' Influence"

Harris' "How Big A Risk Is Acetaminophen During Pregnancy?"

Bichell's "A Fix For Gender-Bias In Animal Research Could Help Humans"

Shapiro's "New Study Links Widening Income Gap With Life Expectancy"

Science Friday's "Spot the real hypothesis"