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EHRs and RCTs: Outcome Prediction vs. Optimal Treatment Selection – Statistical Thinking
Observational data from electronic health records may contain biases that large sample sizes do not overcome. Moderate confounding by indication may render an...
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https://www.fharrell.com/post/percent/
Why I Don’t Like Percents – Statistical Thinking
I prefer fractions and ratios over percents. Here are the reasons.
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https://www.fharrell.com/talk/urgent/
Bayes for Flexibility in Urgent Times – Statistical Thinking
Continuous learning from data and computation of probabilities that are directly applicable to decision making in the face of uncertainty are hallmarks of the...
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https://www.fharrell.com/talk/gdesign/
Goal-Driven Flexible Bayesian Design – Statistical Thinking
The majority of clinicals trials that are successfully launched end with equivocal results, with confidence intervals that are too wide to allow drawing a...
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https://www.fharrell.com/post/improve-research/
Improving Research Through Safer Learning from Data – Statistical Thinking
What are the major elements of learning from data that should inform the research process? How can we prevent having false confidence from statistical...
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https://www.fharrell.com/post/hxcontrol/
Incorporating Historical Control Data Into an RCT – Statistical Thinking
Historical data (HD) are being used increasingly in Bayesian analyses when it is difficult to randomize enough patients to study effectiveness of a treatment....
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https://www.fharrell.com/post/journey/
My Journey from Frequentist to Bayesian Statistics – Statistical Thinking
This is the story of what influenced me to become a Bayesian statistician after being trained as a classical frequentist statistician, and practicing only that...
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https://www.fharrell.com/post/stat-ml2/
Navigating Statistical Modeling and Machine Learning – Statistical Thinking
This article elaborates on Frank Harrell’s post providing guidance in choosing between machine learning and statistical modeling for a prediction project.
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