Seeing the Future: A Crystatistical Ball

Daniel C. Jupiter

doi:10.1053/j.jfas.2018.05.001

Seeing the Future: A Crystatistical Ball

Daniel C. Jupiter

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Abstract

We are used to identifying risk factors, or predisposing factors, for outcomes of interest, whether those outcomes are negative or positive, using the tools of statistical modeling. We are far less accustomed to making predictions of outcomes for specific individuals or testing the accuracy of those predictions. In this commentary, we consider this more difficult task and discuss, in this context, why statistics has such difficulty talking about individuals, even as it easily informs us about populations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	850-853
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume	57
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jfas.2018.05.001
State	Published - Jul 1 2018

Keywords

population
predictive modeling
risk factor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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