Summary Of Peter Donnelly How Juries Are Fooled By Statistics
After watching Peter Donnelly: How juries are fooled by statistics (Donnelly, 2005), I learned that the use of statistics is very important to the medical field. In the case of Sally Clark, the mother who was convicted of murdering her children, statistics proved that she was innocent.
I did not understand how mathematical information related to the medical practice until I enrolled in statistics. After which, I began to develop a better understanding. In his video, Peter Donnelly explained how math can be used to prove or disprove “uncertainty” in the medical practice. All too often, medical practices are believed to be trial and error, and perhaps at one time that was the truth; however, statistical mathematics and the practice of medicine
I did not understand how mathematical information related to the medical practice until I enrolled in statistics. After which, I began to develop a better understanding. In his video, Peter Donnelly explained how math can be used to prove or disprove “uncertainty” in the medical practice. All too often, medical practices are believed to be trial and error, and perhaps at one time that was the truth; however, statistical mathematics and the practice of medicine