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Elke Kurz-Milcke
Researcher at Max Planck Society
Publications - 3
Citations - 976
Elke Kurz-Milcke is an academic researcher from Max Planck Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Functional illiteracy & Paternalism. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 856 citations.
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Helping Doctors and Patients Make Sense of Health Statistics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the importance of teaching statistical thinking and transparent representations in primary and secondary education as well as in medical school, and recommend using frequency statements instead of single-event probabilities, absolute risks instead of relative risks, mortality rates instead of survival rates, and natural frequencies instead of conditional probabilities.
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Knowing your chances
TL;DR: Information is provided on how to put aside unjustified fears and hopes and how to weigh the real risk of illness—or likelihood of recovery.