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Good Statistics Bad Statistician

2024/9/7
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Good Nurse Bad Nurse

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我作为一名注册护士,在这个节目中,我们深入探讨了一些与医疗保健相关的新闻,特别是护理领域。今天,我们要分析的是卢西亚·德伯克案,这是近代历史上最令人震惊的冤假错案之一。这个案子中,统计数据被错误地解读和运用,导致了严重的后果。起初,一位法学教授通过统计分析得出结论,卢西亚·德伯克的无罪概率仅为三亿四千二百万分之一,这使得她被认定为连环杀手。然而,后来的调查发现,最初的统计数据存在严重缺陷,许多证据被选择性地使用,而与结论相悖的证据则被忽略。确认偏差在案件中扮演了重要角色,调查人员和医院工作人员倾向于寻找支持他们预设结论的证据,而忽略了其他解释。例如,卢西亚·德伯克被指控的死亡事件中,有两起甚至发生在她不在值班的时候。此外,用来指控她的关键证据——高浓度地高辛——也因为检测方法的缺陷而被证明是不可靠的。最终,卢西亚·德伯克被证明无罪释放,但她已经遭受了多年的牢狱之灾,身心健康都受到了严重损害。这个案子警示我们,统计数据在应用中需要谨慎,确认偏差会严重影响我们的判断,我们需要客观地评估所有证据,避免冤假错案的发生。

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On this episode of *Good Nurse Bad Nurse, *Tina explores the shocking case of Lucia de Berk, a nurse who was wrongfully convicted of multiple murders. We are able to see how confirmation bias plays a huge role in her conviction, demonstrating the dangers of making assumptions without questioning them.

For our "Good Nurse" segment, Tina gives numerous examples of when statistics were used for good, and how they impacted our society in a positive way!

 

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