Penn Dental Medicine

Statistics with Crayons

Science EN ↓ 6 episodes

Welcome to Statistics with Crayons, a podcast where we talk about statistics, oral health, and everything in between. Our hosts, Dr. Alonso Carrasco-Labra and Dr. Michael Glick, are professionals from the Center for Integrative Global Oral Health at Penn Dental Medicine. This center unites health researchers, educators, and practitioners at the University of Pennsylvania and beyond in seeking creative solutions to address unmet oral health needs related to the worldwide prevalence of caries, periodontal disease, oral cancer and craniofacial deformity which impacts more than 3.5 billion people...

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Random Error and Bias 08.08.2023 10:07

Today, we welcome back special guest Olivia Urquhart, a faculty member at Penn Dental Medicine's Center for Integrative Global Oral Health and an epidemiologist with a passion for biostatistics. In this bite-sized episode, Olivia and one of our hosts, Dr. Alonso Carrasco-Labra, discuss the topic of Random Error and Bias. Olivia and Alonso delve into the topic and discuss how we may encounter rando...

Confidence Intervals 25.07.2023 10:20

Today's episode features special guest, Olivia Urquhart, who is a faculty member at Penn Dental Medicine's Center for Integrative Global Oral Health as well as an epidemiologist by training. Along with her professional background, Oliva also has a passion for biostatistics. In today's episode, she will discuss the topic of Confidence Intervals with host Dr. Alonso Carrasco-Labra. Olivia and Alonso...

Statistical Significance 11.07.2023 7:57

Today, we welcome back one of our special guests, Dr. Elizabeth Sweeney, who is a biostatistician and Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Penn Medicine. In today's episode, she will discuss the topic of Statistical Significance alongside one of our hosts, Dr. Alonso Carrasco-Labra. Elizabeth and Alonso delve into the topic and discuss how Elizabeth tests for statistical significance in her dai...

Hypothesis Testing 26.06.2023 11:15

In today's episode, we welcome special guest Dr. Elizabeth Sweeney, a biostatistician and Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Penn Medicine. Elizabeth discusses the topic of Hypothesis Testing alongside one of our hosts, Dr. Alonso Carrasco-Labra. Elizabeth and Alonso have a very informative discussion including how hypothesis testing can be applied on a daily basis along with examples of comm...

Normal Distribution 30.05.2023 8:00

In today’s episode, we welcome special guest Dr. Elizabeth Sweeney, a biostatistician and Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Penn Medicine, to discuss the topic of Normal Distribution alongside host Dr. Alonso Carrasco-Labra. Elizabeth and Alonso delve into the topic and discuss how we may encounter normal distribution in everyday life and why it is important for researchers and clinicians to...

Standard Deviation 09.02.2023 6:02

In today's episode, we welcome our special guest, Olivia Urquhart, who is a faculty member at Penn Dental Medicine's Center for Integrative Global Oral Health as well as an epidemiologist by training. Along with her professional background, Olivia also has a passion for biostatistics. In today's episode, she will discuss the topic of Standard Deviation alongside one of our hosts, Dr. Alonso Carras...