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Kidney Stones and Simpson's Paradox
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In this project, you will work with medical data published in 1986 in "The British Medical Journal" where the effectiveness of two types of kidney stone removal treatments (A - open surgery and B - percutaneous nephrolithotomy) were compared.
You will use multiple logistic regression and visualize model output to help the doctors determine if there is a difference between the two treatments. While not required, it will also help to have some knowledge of inferential statistics.
The dataset used in this project is simulated based on the original medical paper published here.
Project Tasks
- 1A new look at an old research study
- 2Recreate the Treatment X Success summary table
- 3Bringing stone size into the picture
- 4When in doubt, rely on a plot
- 5Identify and confirm the lurking variable
- 6Remove the confounding effect
- 7Visualize model output
- 8Generate insights
Technologies
R
Amy YangSenior Data Scientist at Uptake
Amy Yang is a Sr. Data Scientist at Uptake where she conducts industrial analytics and build prediction models to major industries and help them increase productivity, security, safety, and reliability. She began using R for simulation and statistical analysis during her study at the University of Pennsylvania where she received her MS degree in Biostatistics. She also teaches R programming and statistical courses for graduate students.