4134.0 Practical Topics in Statistics

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 10:30 AM
Oral
This session will highlight key topics in statistics that are not necessarily taught in traditional statistical training programs. These topics include communication and interpretation of results for policy recommendations, practical applications and new data sources.
Session Objectives: Discuss key topics in the communication and interpretation of statistical results. Identify key areas where statisticians can improve the impact in public health.
Organizer:
William Kuang-Yao Pan, DrPH MS MPH
Moderator:
Melody S. Goodman, PhD

10:30 AM
Eliminating Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas
Imam M. Xierali, PhD
10:50 AM
Teen sex from evidence to policy: The accuracy of the media's communication of quantitative methods
Janet E. Rosenbaum, PhD, AM
     
11:10 AM
Community Benefit: A new national data base on hospital-related community activities
Connie Evashwick, ScD
  
11:30 AM
Analyzing continuous injury outcomes with quantile regression methods
Cody S. Olsen, MS, Amy E. Donaldson, MS and Larry Cook, PhD, MStat
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Statistics

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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