Statistically Insignificant: Recent Episodes
Tess O'Brien
A podcast with visual aids about statistics in everyday life. Content is nominally published every fortnight. Support the pod on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificant
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Our second of three episodes on the role of mutual aid in the leftist political project. This time we talk about why mutual aid is good for the people doing it.
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First of a three part series about mutual aid. This episode deals with the logistics of managing mutual aid stuff, particularly around mutual aid funds that act as pools of money for a community.Example for individual project or person:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ClTaXdR5oyyx1hrivxJvqGSc77KAeWvwdoo-IQWHkmg/edit?usp=sharingExample for community: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l_ugGisnFxG769LRWBojAynhSjtXklYiK0LhsGkfKuc/edit?usp=sharingSupport the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantThere is no video version of this episode, but if you want to see our video episodes check out https://www.youtube.com/@statisticallyinsignificantIf you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.chTwitter: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter, or athttps://letterboxd.com/snitchinorwell/
If a cow farts in a field and there's a techbro with a box to catch it, does it really produce greenhouse gases?References:Chay, F., Badgley, G., Martin, K., Freeman, J., Hamman, J., and Cullenward, D. (2022) 'Unpacking ton-year accounting', (carbon)plan, https://carbonplan.org/research/ton-year-explainer.Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantThe video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/xADdzfSKTe0If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.chTwitter: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/statinsig.bsky.socialBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
We talk about how and why BMI sucks as a metric for either health or fatness, and other models for classifying fatness that actually reflect the needs and experiences of fat people.If you want to know more about relative risk statistics check out E19: Pregnancy Risk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9dC4VRD3B8Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantReferencesnagualdesign (2021) 'BMI Chart', Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BMI_chart.pngRomero-Corral, A., Montori, V. M., Somers, V. K., Korinek, J., Thomas, R. J., Allison, T. G., ... & Lopez-Jimenez, F. (2006). 'Association of bodyweight with total mortality and with cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease: a systematic review of cohort studies'. The Lancet, 368(9536), 666-678.Wang, Z. J., Zhou, Y. J., Galper, B. Z., Gao, F., Yeh, R. W., & Mauri, L. (2015). 'Association of body mass index with mortality and cardiovascular events for patients with coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis'. Heart, 101(20), 1631-1638.American Medical Association (2023). 'Support Removal of BMI as a Standard Measure in Medicine and Recognizing Culturally-Diverse and Varied Presentations of Eating Disorders and Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery'. Report 07 of the Council on Science and Public Health.The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/ztSt_oG5ulQIf you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.chTwitter: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
Marking schemes are statistical objects and boy are they weird ones.
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We talk to Dr Tom Bowers about how medical devices fail in the body, and how that is translated to statistics that can help with early detection.Tom can be found at https://twitter.com/fancywookieeSupport the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantReferences:Sheffield, S. (2019). The Controversy Over Essure Birth Control. Women Leading Change: Case Studies on Women, Gender, and Feminism, 4(2).Cohen, D. (2011). Out of joint: the story of the ASR. Bmj, 342.Cohen, D. (2013). DePuy knew about hip implant's high failure rate three years before it was recalled. BMJ: British Medical Journal (Online), 346.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-11/essure-contraceptive-device-class-action-lawsuit-supreme-court/102205852https://litfl.com/sir-john-charnley/https://www.zimmerbiomet.com/en/products-and-solutions/specialties/knee/nexgen-complete-knee-solution.htmlThe video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/Bs_jjWu7QaAIf you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.chTwitter: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
We talk about KPIs as instruments of measurement, class power structures, and how to be a bad capitalist if you can.Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantThe video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/bwCvUp-hE-IIf you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.chTwitter: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
Uber continues to make its pricing and pay models less transparent to drivers and passangers. Workers, as ever, are pushing back, and here are some ideas for how to do it.Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantReferences:The Rideshare Guy (2023) '2 Uber Drivers: Same Requests DIFFERENT PAY! You Won't Believe This!' 2nd March, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UADTiL3S67I.Helling, B. (2023) 'Your Complete Guide to Uber's SURGE pricing', Gigworker, Updated 16th Feb, https://gigworker.com/your-complete-guide-to-uber-surge-pricing/Möhlmann, M. and Henfridsson, O. (2019) 'What People Hate About Being Managed by Algorithms, According to a Study of Uber Drivers', Harvard Business Review, Accessed 13/3/23 https://hbr.org/2019/08/what-people-hate-about-being-managed-by-algorithms-according-to-a-study-of-uber-driversGig Economy Project (2023) 'Is 'dynamic pricing' ripping-off gig workers?', Brave New Europe, 7th Feb https://braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-project-is-dynamic-pricing-ripping-off-gig-workersGig Economy Project (2023) '"We managed to reverse the balance of power": Interview with Leïla Chaibi MEP', Brave New Europe, Feb 4th https://braveneweurope.com/we-managed-to-reverse-the-balance-of-power-interview-with-leila-chaibi-mepWorker Info Exchange (2021) 'Managed By Bots: Data-Driven Exploitation in the Gig Economy', https://www.workerinfoexchange.org/wie-report-managed-by-botsThe video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/CyfVwjpxz5QIf you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.chTwitter: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
If the cost of things is increasing faster than your wages, where is that money going?
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References
Stanford, J. (2023) 'Profit-Price Spiral: The Truth Behind Australia's Inflation', The Australia Institute, Centre for Future Work.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022, December). Wage Price Index, Australia. ABS. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/price-indexes-and-inflation/wage-price-index-australia/latest-release.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022, December). Wage Price Index, Australia methodology. ABS. https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/wage-price-index-australia-methodology/dec-2022.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2012). Wage Price Index: Concepts, Sources and Methods. ABS. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/detailed-methodology-information/concepts-sources-methods/wage-price-index-concepts-sources-and-methods/2012.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022, December). Producer Price Indexes, Australia. ABS. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/price-indexes-and-inflation/producer-price-indexes-australia/latest-release.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022, December). Producer Price Indexes, Australia methodology. ABS. https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/producer-price-indexes-australia-methodology/dec-2022.
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/3Bxx4Pcv2Ls
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In an act of considerable masochism the crew dive deep into how Ben Shapiro thinks governments maintain legitimacy.
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References:
Haerpfer, C., Inglehart, R., Moreno, A., Welzel, C., Kizilova, K., Diez-Medrano J., M. Lagos, P. Norris, E. Ponarin & B. Puranen (eds.). 2022. World Values Survey: Round Seven - Country-Pooled Datafile Version 5.0. Madrid, Spain & Vienna, Austria: JD Systems Institute & WVSA Secretariat. doi:10.14281/18241.20
Shapiro. B. (2023) Twitter video https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1612569556446334976 published 10th Jan.
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/9vHotRejLSI
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When is a raise not a raise? How do you work out what a multi-year pay agreement should do? Why does the government think that young people and people with disabilites have less expensive lives than others?
We dive into the relationship between pay and inflation, looking at how comparison calculations can be done, and what gaps emerge over extended periods of time.
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References:
World Bank (2022) 'Inflation, consumer prices (annual &)', https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG?end=2021&start=2009, accessed 27th Dec 2022.
OECD.Stat (2022) 'Real minimum wages', https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=RMW, accessed 27th Dec 2022
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (Sep-quarter-2022). Consumer Price Index, Australia. ABS. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/price-indexes-and-inflation/consumer-price-index-australia/sep-quarter-2022.
Fair Work Commission (2022) 'Annual Wage Review 2022-23', https://www.fwc.gov.au/hearings-decisions/major-cases/annual-wage-reviews/annual-wage-review-2022-23
Fair Work Ombudsman (2022) 'Employees with disability pay rates',
https://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay-and-wages/minimum-wages/employees-with-disability-pay-rates, accessed 28th Dec 2022.
Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth.) https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2022C00341
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We look at how the theory of intersectional feminism can be modelled statistically, and use this to examine representations of interactions between covariates.
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References
Brown, T. (2012). The intersection and accumulation of racial and gender inequality: Black women's wealth trajectories. The Review of Black Political Economy, 39(2), 239-258.
Crenshaw, K. (1990). Mapping the margins: Intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color. Stan. L. Rev., 43, 1241.
Greene, J. and Kingsbury, I. (2022) 'Empowering Parents with School Choice Reduces Wokeism in Education', The Heritage Foundation report, https://www.heritage.org/education/report/empowering-parents-school-choice-reduces-wokeism-education
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/krgSMxSMWD4
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We talk through the limitations of applying population statistics to individual experience, but some of the ways you can get a better idea of your own likely outcomes. IVF success (and the mess of statistics for what that means) is used as an extended case study.
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References:
IVF Australia (2022) 'IVF success rates' https://www.ivf.com.au/success-rates/ivf-success-rates
OC Fertility Clinic (2022) 'I'm Intersex: can I have a baby?' https://www.ocfertility.com/blog/im-intersex-can-i-have-a-baby
Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (2019) 'Final National Summary Report for 2019', https://www.sartcorsonline.com/rptCSR_PublicMultYear.aspx?ClinicPKID=0
https://yourivfsuccess.com.au/
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/SBOQGiRGahw
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We talk to Liam Stevens of Toa Tabletop about the history of racism manifest in blood quantum, and how those ideas persist today.
Liam can be found here:
https://twitter.com/ToaTabletop
https://www.toatabletop.com/
https://twitter.com/_Boganova_
References:
Wolfe, P. (2016). Traces of history: Elementary structures of race. Verso Books.
American Association of Biological Anthropologists (2019). 'AABA Statement on Race and Racism', https://bioanth.org/about/position-statements/aapa-statement-race-and-racism-2019/
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We dive deep into the bat shit insane proposed predictions of these ideologies and why they don't understand what would be involved in the calculations they are trying to do.
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References
Hoel, E. (2022). 'Why I am not an effective altruist', The Intrinsic Perspective, https://erikhoel.substack.com/p/why-i-am-not-an-effective-altruist
Cremer, C. Z., & Kemp, L. (2021). Democratising Risk: In Search of a Methodology to Study Existential Risk. arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.11214.
Robinson, N.J. (2022) 'Defective Altruism', Current Affairs, 19th September, https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/09/defective-altruism
Torres, E.P. (2022). 'Understanding "longtermism": Why this sudden influential philosophy is so toxic', Salon, 20th August, https://www.salon.com/2022/08/20/understanding-longtermism-why-this-suddenly-influential-philosophy-is-so/
Torres, E.P. (2022). 'Selling "longtermism": How PR and marketing drive a controvertial new movement', Salon, 10th September, https://www.salon.com/2022/09/10/selling-longtermism-how-pr-and-marketing-drive-a-controversial-new-movement/
Beckstead, N. (2013). 'On the overwhelming importance of shaping the far future', PhD thesis, The State University of New Jersey https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/40469/PDF/1/play/
Setiya, K. (2022). 'The New Moral Mathematics' Boston Review, https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-new-moral-mathematics/
MacAskill, W. (2017). Effective altruism: introduction. Essays in Philosophy, 18(1), 1-5.
Gabriel, I. (2017). Effective altruism and its critics. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 34(4), 457-473.
Dietz, A. (2019). Effective altruism and collective obligations. Utilitas, 31(1), 106-115.
Video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/nUJ9-_tPxw4
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Statistics can't see causal relationships directly, but that doesn't mean we can't reason about them. We look at the sorts of errors that get made in explanations of stuff, and a bunch of case studies ranging from being gay and doing crimes to COVID.
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References:
Thacher, D. (2003). Order maintenance reconsidered: Moving beyond strong causal reasoning. J. Crim. L. & Criminology, 94, 381.
William Bratton, George Kelling (December 2014). "Why we need Broken Windows policing". City Journal. Accessed 8th Oct 2022.
Wilson, James Q.; Kelling, George L. (March 1982). "Broken Windows". www.theatlantic.com. Accessed 8th Oct 2022.
Watts, T. W., Duncan, G. J., & Quan, H. (2018). Revisiting the marshmallow test: A conceptual replication investigating links between early delay of gratification and later outcomes. Psychological science, 29(7), 1159-1177.
Shoda, Y., Mischel, W., & Peake, P. K. (1990). Predicting adolescent cognitive and self-regulatory competencies from preschool delay of gratification: Identifying diagnostic conditions. Developmental psychology, 26(6), 978.
Beirne, P. (1993). Inventing Criminology: Essays on the rise of'homo criminalis'. SUNY Press.
Bitterman, A. (2021) Twitter posts about ivermectin impact: https://twitter.com/AviBittMD/status/1461076939192602628
Alexander, S. (2021) Ivermectin: much more than you wanted to know, https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/ivermectin-much-more-than-you-wanted
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/1RF2_cLBgig
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STEMlords have an annoying habit of claiming that social science is only anecdotal evidence. We talk through what that actually means and how to make it consistent across a handful of case studies of the good, the bad, and the weird.
References:
Richards, K., Death, J., & Ronken, C. (2021). What do victim/survivors of sexual violence think about Circles of Support and Accountability?. Victims & Offenders, 16(6), 893-911.
Stewart, C. C., Langan, D., & Hannem, S. (2013). Victim experiences and perspectives on police responses to verbal violence in domestic settings. Feminist Criminology, 8(4), 269-294.
Nahin, R.L., (2002), December. Use of the best case series to evaluate complementary and alternative therapies for cancer: a systematic review. In Seminars in oncology (Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 552-562). WB Saunders.
Yoon, W.J., Kim, J.W., Park, J.K., Lee, J.K., Ryu, J.K., Kim, Y.T. and Yoon, Y.B., (2005). Colon injury caused by coffee enema. Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 31(3), pp.171-174.
Gerson, M., (1958). A cancer therapy: results of fifty cases. Whittier Books.
Gerson M., (1978). The cure of advanced cancer by diet therapy: a summary of 30 years of clinical experimentation. Physiol Chem Phys; 10(5):449-464
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There are bigoted skeletons in the dark closet of statistics and we're going to shine some light on them. An examination of what no material analysis does to a motherfucker.
References:
Clayton, A. (2020) How Eugenics Shaped Statistics, Nautilus, October 2020, https://nautil.us/how-eugenics-shaped-statistics-9365/
Unknown author - Historical Spotlight: Eugenics - journey to the dark side at the dawn of statistics, Statistics.com, https://www.statistics.com/history-eugenics-journey-to-the-dark-side-at-the-dawn-of-statistics/
Louçã, F. (2009). Emancipation through interaction–How eugenics and statistics converged and diverged. Journal of the History of Biology, 42(4), 649-684.
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We take a flutter on explaining the maths structure of gambling with special guest Dave, your mate from Twitter.
Dave can be found on Twitter @mesut_ausil
References:
Gambling in Australia (2021) Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-welfare/gambling
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We talk to Asher Wolf about the points-based system now being inflicted on unemployed workers in Australia, why it must be destroyed, and some ways that people can minimise its impact on their lives until then.
Asher Wolf is @Asher_Wolf on Twitter and occasionally writes for newspapers.
The Australian Unemployed Workers Union can be found at https://www.auwu.org.au/
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In statistics, the idea of a relationship between two things has a very specific mean. We talk through this for a couple of cases, then look at what a straight line can and cannot tell you.
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Tess rambles for a while about teaching maths and stats. We talk about maths anxiety, modes of communicating, and language.
We look at a disasterous effort to quantify diversity among videogame characters which started at a mobile developer and then got absorbed by Blizzard.
You can find Artie on Twitter @alliedwolves
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References (I am way too fucked to do these up properly you're just getting links this time):
https://modorchaidhe.github.io/posts/abkdiversitychart/
https://twitter.com/_mlktea/status/1525507447548366848
https://kotaku.com/activison-blizzard-king-diversity-space-tool-super-mari-1848936056
https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/blizzard-diversity-space-tool-causes-more-problems/
https://gamerant.com/the-activision-blizzard-diversity-space-tool-controversy-explained/
https://www.activisionblizzard.com/newsroom/2022/05/king-diversity-space-tool
https://web.archive.org/web/20220512185745/https://www.activisionblizzard.com/newsroom/2022/05/king-diversity-space-tool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZZAHDqdfE
Jakobsson, M., Houghton, N., Okwo, U., & Wu, W. (2019). Visualizing Diversity: A Character Design Tool For Creative Reflection. DiGRA.
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/n3TZ7yI2z0w
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How many fish are there in the sea? With fish researcher Jesse Black we investigate methods to estimate fish population sizes in the inky depths.
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Jesse can be found at https://twitter.com/JesseBlackSci
References:
Adamczyk, A. (2022) 'A record 68% of American households said their savings could cover a $400 emergency in 2021', Yahoo! Finance, May 24th, https://finance.yahoo.com/news/record-68-american-households-said-183225404.html
US Federal Reserve (2022) 'Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2021', https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/2021-report-economic-well-being-us-households-202205.pdf
[Jesse has yet to give me citations for the images so they will be added when available]
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This is a remastered version of the main part of our first episode which goes through how contraceptive effectiveness is measured and compares the short- and long-term effectiveness of some different methods.
The video version of this episode is at: https://youtu.be/IzOUygCLJxY
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References:
Polis, C. B., Bradley, S. E., Bankole, A., Onda, T., Croft, T., & Singh, S. (2016). Typical-use contraceptive failure rates in 43 countries with Demographic and Health Survey data: summary of a detailed report. Contraception, 94(1), 11-17.
Trussell, J. (2011). Contraceptive failure in the United States. Contraception, 83(5), 397-404.
We have an extended chat with Daniel and David from the Australian Unemployed Workers Union about a new rating system they have built to give a voice to people in the Australian welfare state.
Check out the AUWU at https://www.auwu.org.au/
The ROAR app can be found at https://www.auwu.org.au/roar-app
Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes, early access, and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificant
References:
O'Halloran, D., Farnworth, L., & Thomacos, N. (2022). The development of the Australian Unemployed Workers Union Rating Scale (AUWURS) of employment service providers. Australian Journal of Public Administration.
The video-only version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/8qUDaudB0LY
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.ch
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
Bart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
We talk to Josie Spicer of A Hill To Die On podcast about the risk of pregnancy complications and adverse events as an example of medical risk. How do we quantify it, how do we compare it across different populations, and why second opinions are really important.
Josie can be found at:
https://www.ahilltodieonpod.com/
Twitter: @jsspcr1
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References:
Thornton, C., Dahlen, H., Korda, A., & Hennessy, A. (2013). The incidence of preeclampsia and eclampsia and associated maternal mortality in Australia from population-linked datasets: 2000-2008. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 208(6), 476-e1.
Hoyert DL. Maternal mortality rates in the United States, (2020). NCHS Health E-Stats. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:113967
Raymond, E. G., Grossman, D., Weaver, M. A., Toti, S., & Winikoff, B. (2014). Mortality of induced abortion, other outpatient surgical procedures and common activities in the United States. Contraception, 90(5), 476-479.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) 'Maternal deaths in Australia', accessed 10th May 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/maternal-deaths-in-australia-2016/contents/report
Dulay, A.T. (2020) Preeclampsia and Eclampsia, MSD Manual, accessed 10th May 2020, https://www.msdmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/complications-of-pregnancy/preeclampsia-and-eclampsia#
Gallardo, A. (2017) 'Black Women Disproportionately Suffer Complications of Pregnancy and Childbirth. Let’s Talk About It.', ProPublica, 8th Dec. Accessed 6th May 2022, https://www.propublica.org/article/black-women-disproportionately-suffer-complications-of-pregnancy-and-childbirth-lets-talk-about-it
Gallardo, A. (2020) 'What You Need to Know When You Give Birth in a Country With Rising Maternal Mortality Rates', ProPublica, 9th May. Accessed 10th May 2022, https://www.propublica.org/article/what-you-need-to-know-when-you-give-birth-in-a-country-with-rising-maternal-mortality-rates
The twitter thread about prolapse is here: https://twitter.com/jfitzgeraldMD/status/1512818929361723398
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/Y9dC4VRD3B8
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.ch
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
Bart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
We talk to Sarah of It Came From The Sea pod about how much plastic is in the oceans, how you estimate it, and the vast mystery that is between about 20m and the bottom of the sea.
You can find Sarah at: @fromtheseapod on Twitter
https://www.patreon.com/fromtheseapod
or anywhere that pods are cast.
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References:
Eriksen, M., Lebreton, L. C., Carson, H. S., Thiel, M., Moore, C. J., Borerro, J. C., ... & Reisser, J. (2014). Plastic pollution in the world's oceans: more than 5 trillion plastic pieces weighing over 250,000 tons afloat at sea. PloS one, 9(12), e111913.
Kukulka, T., Proskurowski, G., Morét‐Ferguson, S., Meyer, D. W., & Law, K. L. (2012). The effect of wind mixing on the vertical distribution of buoyant plastic debris. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(7).
Weiss, L., Ludwig, W., Heussner, S., Canals, M., Ghiglione, J. F., Estournel, C., ... & Kerhervé, P. (2021). The missing ocean plastic sink: gone with the rivers. Science, 373(6550), 107-111.
The video version of this episode is available at https://youtu.be/S4ROyn3jTm4
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.ch
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
Bart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
We are visited by ex-academic Joh, to talk about the working conditions for teaching staff at universities and why your subjects may be shit.
The mailbag chart was found on Twitter: https://twitter.com/antihobbes/status/1510931501533212680
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The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/iO4KGXaN3Ec
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
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Bart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter
Mathematicians treat chaotic and random systems as different things. We talk through what each of those mean, how they relate to each other, and how you can use a combination of the two to model the chaotic real world.
References:
Pierce, J. (2011) 'Bifurcation diagram for the logistic map', CC0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16445229, accessed 19th Dec 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logisticmap#/media/File:LogisticBifurcationmapHigh_Resolution.png
Wikipedia contributors. (2021, December 13). Lorenz system. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 05:25, December 19, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lorenz_system&oldid=1060098584
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
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To help people in the current NSW floods please donate to:
Lismore Council: https://lismore.nsw.gov.au/flood-2022-information
Local SES: https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/get-involved/donations/ Pick a unit in a flood affected area, a list can be found under AGRN 1012 here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/disaster-recovery/natural-disaster-declarations
In light of the ongoing flooding on the east coast of Australia, we talk about how flood risk is analysed. What does it mean to have a 1 in 100 year flood? What does it mean for a location to have a 1 in 100 year flood risk? What is the probability of seeing two such events in 20 years?
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References:
Pitman, A., Ukkola, A., and Westra, S. (2021) 'What is a 1 in 100 year weather event? And why do they keep happening so often?', The Conversation, published 23rd March. Accessed 15th March 2022 https://theconversation.com/what-is-a-1-in-100-year-weather-event-and-why-do-they-keep-happening-so-often-157589.
Queensland Floods Science, Engineering and Technology Panel (2011) 'Understanding Floods: Questions & Answers', Queensland Government. Accessed 13th March 2022 https://www.chiefscientist.qld.gov.au/_data/assets/pdffile/0022/49801/understanding-floodsfullcolour.pdf
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/czSocO_oIhI
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.ch
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
We talk about the consumer price index and the wage price index, how the CPI is used to measure inflation, and why these metrics are particularly bad for reflecting the experience of the very poor.
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References
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2018) '6461.0 - Consumer Price Index: Concepts, Sources and Methods', accessed 30 Jan 2022, https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6461.0.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021) 'Annual weight update of the CPI and Living Cost Indexes', accessed 30 Jan 2022, https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/price-indexes-and-inflation/annual-weight-update-cpi-and-living-cost-indexes/2021.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2022) 'Consumer Price Index, Australia methodology', accessed 30 Jan 2022, https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/consumer-price-index-australia-methodology/dec-2021.
COVID-19 in Australia (2022) https://www.covid19data.com.au/ Website accessed 20th Feb 2022.
Flood, A. (2022) 'Terry Pratchett estate backs Jack Monroe's idea for 'Vimes Boots' poverty index', The Guardian, 27th Jan, accessed 29th Jan 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/26/terry-pratchett-jack-monroe-vimes-boots-poverty-index
Hamilton, S. (2022) tweet: https://twitter.com/SHamiltonian/status/1490458920019959812
Monroe, J. (2022) 'We’re pricing the poor out of food in the UK – that’s why I’m launching my own price index', The Guardian, 23rd Jan, accessed 29th Jan 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/22/were-pricing-the-poor-out-of-food-in-the-uk-thats-why-im-launching-my-own-price-index
Jack Monroe tweets at: https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook
The video-only version of this episode is at: https://youtu.be/_zLUYS7pBIg
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.ch
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
We talk to host of Boonta Vista (and electrical engineer) Theo about the Australian energy grid.
You can find Theo's other exploits at https://boontavista.com/ and https://twitter.com/aynrandy
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The video version of this episde is at: https://youtu.be/vPiIWJCQqoE
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Our second episode about p-values and their misuse in research. In this episode we explore the manipulation of data to produce statistically significant results, and the material conditions which would lead someone to do that.
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References:
Back, M. D. (2018). Continued quality, openness, and curiosity at the European Journal of Personality. European Journal of Personality, 32(1), 3-5.
Ioannidis, J. P. (2005). Why most published research findings are false. PLoS medicine, 2(8), e124.
Trafimow, D. & Marks, M. (2015) Editorial, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 37:1, 1-2, DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2015.1012991
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/SWHOYqp_nPI
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.ch
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
Part 1 of our two-part series on the infamous p-values. In this episode we go through what p-values are and are not, in the context of a hypothesis test.
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The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/pvLq-skzl6I
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.ch
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
As a follow on from E9: Fight Statistics we talk to Anders Russell about the scoring system for MMA fights. We consider how the 10 point system was adopted from boxing, the shortcomings that brought with it, and adaptations which have improved its use in a far more complex environment.
Anders can be found on Twitter: @weemadando
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References:
Shaman, J. (2022) 'Here's when we expect Omicron to peak', New York Times, 6th Jan, accessed 8th Jan 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/opinion/omicron-covid-us.html
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/6RmzyofLruA
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.ch
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
We investigate COVID tests as an example of hypothesis testing, talk about the ways that tests go wrong, and look at the implications for people in the pandemic. In the mailbag segment we talk about the comparative risk of lower hospitalistion rate versus a more infectious strain.
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References:
Newcombe, J. and Braye, S. (2021) 'Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values', NSW Government Health Pathology, accessed 22nd Dec 2021, https://www.pathology.health.nsw.gov.au/covid-19-info/sensitivity-and-specificity
Thereaputic Goods Administration (2021) 'COVID-19 rapid antigen self-tests that are approved in Australia', Department of Health, accessed 22nd Dec 2021, https://www.tga.gov.au/covid-19-rapid-antigen-self-tests-are-approved-australia
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/UZbmXQpN_Cw
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.ch
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
When does a punch count, and why is a knock out possibly the only well defined way to score a boxing match? We talk to Shane Greenwood of Combat Chat podcast and Double Dragon gym about how fights and fighters get measured, and whether some of the stats constructed around them are valid at all. Our mailbag is a listener question about summary statistics.
Shane can be found at:
Double Dragon gym https://www.doubledragon.com.au/
Combat Chat podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/
https://www.instagram.com/shanegreenwood84/
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References:
Round By Round Boxing (2019) 'Hurd vs. Williams CompuBox Punch Stats', published 13th May, accessed 25th Nov 2021, https://roundbyroundboxing.com/hurd-vs-williams-compubox-punch-stats/
BoxStat.co (2019) 'Julian Williams vs Jarrett Hurd Stats', accessed 25th Nov 2021, https://boxstat.co/bout/2909383/julian-williams-vs-jarrett-hurd
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/DZea7FZTD5A
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.ch
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
What is stats for anyway? We talk about three main things that stats is intended for, and how different philosophical approaches to statistics can change some of that. We also discuss how outdated population data affects vaccination numbers and the impact that can have on people in some areas in the mailbag segment.
Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes, early access, and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificant
References:
Fowler, M. (2021) 'Melbourne city residents face travel restrictions due to outdated data', The Age, Nov 2. Accessed Nov. 3 2021, https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/melbourne-city-residents-face-travel-restriction-due-to-outdated-data-20211101-p594y8.html
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/fVTlfeewbpg
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.ch
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
We talk about what it really means to have a biased sample, how this is different to other types of measure, and what that means for a few examples. We look at a classic case study from military history, health research, and a breathtakingly transphobic survey.
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References:
M. Grandjean, McGeddon, & Moll (2021, 2016, 2005 respectively) 'Survivorship-Bias.svg' - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=102017718
Sedghi, S. (2021) 'Stroke is a leading cause of death, but treatment trials often don't include enough women', ABC News, 23rd Oct. Accessed 25th Oct 2021, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-23/lack-of-women-in-clinical-trials-impacts-stroke-treatment/100559514.
Adult Business News (2017) 'Lily Cade Apologizes Amid Sexual Assault Allegations', The Real P**n WikiLeaks, 24th Nov. Accessed 26th Oct 2021 [No link because YouTube will censor the video]
Wild, A.C. (2019) 'Lesbians at Ground Zero: How transgenderism is conquering the lesbian body', published by Get The L Out. Accessed 23rd Oct 2021, https://www.gettheloutuk.com/blog/category/research/lesbians-at-ground-zero.html
Lowbridge, C. (2021) 'We're being pressured into sex by some trans women', BBC News, 26th Oct, updated 4th Nov 2021. Accessed 26th Oct 2021 and 6th Nov 2021, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-57853385.
The video version of the episode: https://youtu.be/4PplD_JZ2Sg
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
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Twitter: @StatInsigPod
How do we get from a measurement on an individual to a description of the whole population? How appropriate is it to use that population-level value to describe an individual? Who is the most average person in Australia?
In this episode we look at summary statistics. You probably met some in highschool so you can relive that thrilling experience with a voice over. We also look at a very silly pie chart from The Australian.
Support the pod on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificant
References:
Triple J (2016) 'When we found the most average Australian', accessed 10th Oct. 2021. https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/media/s4515416.htm
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2019) 'Household Income and Wealth, Australia', accessed 16th Oct. 2021. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/finance/household-income-and-wealth-australia/2017-18
[Now deleted] The Australian (2021) 'Who would make a better prime minister - pie chart', 3rd Oct, 2021. https://twitter.com/australian/status/1444612995355611142
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/MYHLXbZWT-o
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.ch
Twitter: @StatInsigPod
What does it actually mean to be unemployed? Who determines if a landlord is a real job? We investigate the current state of labour statistics in Australia as well as some of the history of them in connection with the labour movements.
Support the pod on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificant
References:
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2018). '6102.0.55.001 - Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods', updated 26th May 2020. Accessed 3rd October 2021, https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/6102.0.55.001~Feb%202018~Main%20Features~Overview%20of%20Labour%20Statistics~1.
19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (2013) 'Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization'. Accessed 3rd October 2021, https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---stat/documents/normativeinstrument/wcms_230304.pdf.
13th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (1982) 'Resolution concerning statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment'. Accessed 3rd October 2021, https://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/download/res/ecacpop.pdf.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021) 'Labour Force, Australia methodology', released 16th September 2021. Accessed 3rd October 2021, https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/labour-force-australia-methodology/aug-2021.
Hutchens, G (2021) 'We should thank the unemployed for their service. They've been used to control inflation', ABC News, 4th July. Accessed 1st October 2021, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-04/the-unemployed-have-been-used-to-control-inflation/100259072
Janda, M. and Pupazzoni, R. (2021) 'Unemployment rate dropped early in lockdown as people gave up looking for work, data reveals', ABC News, 19th August. Accessed 1st October 2021, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/unemployment-jobs-covid-lockdowns-abs-july-2021/100389960
The version with slides is available at: https://youtu.be/XS704Lq0M68
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
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We do a deep and masochistic dive into the Bloomberg Media's COVID resilience statistic and ask why did they choose to include things like commercial landlord profitibility. Our mailbag is a look into how the New York Times bestseller list chooses books and why Australians have little hope of getting on there.
References:
Lozano, R., Fullman, N., Mumford, J. E., Knight, M., Barthelemy, C. M., Abbafati, C., ... & Cárdenas, R. (2020). Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396(10258), 1250-1284.
Chang, R., Varley, K., Munoz, M., Tam, F., and Makol, M.K. (2021 August). 'The Covid Resilience Ranking: The Best and Worst Places to Be as Delta Wrecks Reopening Plans', Bloomberg. Accessed 18th September 2021, https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-resilience-ranking/.
Chang, R. (2020 November, updated 2021 July). 'Methodology: Inside Bloomberg's Covid Resilience Ranking', Bloomberg. Accessed 1st August 2021, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-24/inside-bloomberg-s-covid-resilience-ranking.
Philip, S.V. and Odeh, L. (2021 June) 'Where Can You Fly Right Now? Germans Roll Out Their Beach Towels', Bloomberg. Accessed 18th September 2021, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-18/where-can-you-fly-right-now-europe-can-travel-again-britons-are-stuck-at-home.
Callen, T. (2020 February) 'Gross Domestic Product: An Economy's All', International Monetary Fund. Accessed 18th September 2021, https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/basics/gdp.htm.
United Nations Development Programme. (2021). Human Development Report 2020: The Next Frontier-human Development and the Anthropocene. UN.
The video version of this episode is available at https://youtu.be/7OKTuM79lUc
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: StatisticallyInsignificantPod@protonmail.ch
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An investigation of who gets counted, and in what fashion, through case studies of the census. Shockingly, we discover that the census is and always has been a political instrument, particularly in its relationship to marginalised groups such as people with diverse genders and sexualities, or native populations under settler-colonial governments.
References:
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2018) '2007.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Consultation on Topics, 2021', published 3rd April. Accessed 11th August 2021, https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/2007.0~2021~Main%20Features~Preface~1
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2020) '2021 Census topics and data release plan', published 15th November. Accessed 10th August 2021, https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/research/2021-census-topics-and-data-release-plan.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021) '2021 Census of Population and Housing'.
Cohn, D. (2018) 'What to know about the citizenship question the Census Bureau is planning to ask in 2020', Pew Research Centre, published 30th March. Accessed 5th August 2021, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/30/what-to-know-about-the-citizenship-question-the-census-bureau-is-planning-to-ask-in-2020/.
Karp, P. (2019) 'Liberal MP calls for sexuality questions in census after ABS dumped them on minister’s guidance', The Guardian, published 23th October. Accessed 1st August 2021, https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/oct/24/abs-dumped-census-test-forms-with-new-sexuality-questions-after-input-from-ministers-office.
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (n.d.) 'The 1967 Referendum'. Accessed 1st August 2021, https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/1967-referendum.
A video version of the episode is available:
https://youtu.be/qx9dglBmD7k
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
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A slightly morbid episode about mortality and life expectancy. We dig into how life expectancy is calculated, why you probably wouldn't be dead at 45 in a Medieval society, then talk about a way of considering the lethality of the COVID pandemic which doesn't just include people who were infected by the virus.
Sources:
UN Stats https://unstats.un.org/home/
ABS data for Aboriginal people https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples/life-tables-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-australians/2015-2017#life-tables
Indigenous child mortality https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/children-youth/australias-children/contents/indigenous-children
Indigenous maternal mortality https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/maternal-deaths-in-australia-2016/contents/report
ABS Excess Deaths https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/measuring-excess-mortality-australia-during-covid-19-pandemic
CDC Excess Deaths https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
Our World In Data Excess Deaths https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid
For the video version of episode go to https://youtu.be/iPO7_bQaV4I
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Audio-only version of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8T1M61bwM0
How effective are contraceptives? What does effectiveness of contraceptives even mean, particularly for people who use them for a long time? In this first episode of Statistically Insignificant - a "podcast" about statistics and everyday life - we explore these questions. We also talk about how vaccine effectiveness is not measured the same way.
References: Polis, C. B., Bradley, S. E., Bankole, A., Onda, T., Croft, T., & Singh, S. (2016). Typical-use contraceptive failure rates in 43 countries with Demographic and Health Survey data: summary of a detailed report. Contraception, 94(1), 11-17.
Trussell, J. (2011). Contraceptive failure in the United States. Contraception, 83(5), 397-404.
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