4069.0 A History of U.S. Statistical Citizens: From the Politics of Average to the Politics of Difference

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 8:30 AM
Oral
Organizer:
Luis Alberto Aviles, PhD, MPH
Moderator:
Luis Alberto Aviles, PhD
Panelists:
Sarah Igo, PhD and Steve Epstein, PhD
Discussant:
Janet E. Rosenbaum, PhD, AM

8:30 AM
Introduction: From social statistics to a sociology of statistics
Luis Alberto Aviles, PhD
8:40 AM
Surveying postwar America: The averaged American in the age of Gallup and Kinsey
Luis A. Aviles, PhD
9:00 AM
Against the standard human: The sociology of the 'inclusion-and-difference' paradigm in U.S. biomedicine
Steven Epstein, PhD
9:20 AM
A statistician's reply: Comments on the history and sociology of statistics
Janet E. Rosenbaum, PhD, AM
  

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Organized by: Statistics
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus

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

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