Looking back at the responses for last week, I did not realize how many issues the Pew study contained.\u00a0 I actually went back and read the methods.\u00a0 I think all the criticisms were fair and led me to read that study with a grain of salt.\u00a0 The article on Simpson’s Paradox I found especially interesting because it relates to my thesis topic.\u00a0 I am writing on how (if) economic conditions affect opioid and heroin fatalities.\u00a0 So far, this question has only been directly evaluated on a national level.\u00a0 The goal of my thesis is to break-out the paper’s national level into more sub-groups and evaluate regions of the U.S. with variables that are more pertinent.\u00a0 I don’t necessarily think the relationship will be reversed when looking at my sub-groups, but the magnitude of the relationship might change.\u00a0 Reading this paper, at least, made me realize there is some merit to what I am doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking back at the responses for last week, I did not realize how many issues the Pew study contained.  I actually went back and read the methods.  I think all the criticisms were fair and led me to read that study with a grain of salt.  The article on Simpson’s Paradox I found especially interesting … <\/p>\n

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