Class 34: The Errors & Exaggerations of Epidemiology III

Not only is the ecological fallacy common, so is assuming a model for exposure or dose, and then forgetting the uncertainty in this model. So much uncertainty goes unquantified. It is all forgotten in committing the Deadly Sin of Reification.

All questions will be answered in the following Monday's lecture.

Written lecture:
https://www.wmbriggs.com/class/
https://wmbriggs.substack.com/

Jaynes's book: http://www.med.mcgill.ca/epidemiology/hanley/bios601/GaussianModel/JaynesProbabilityTheory.pdf

Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science

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