Foreseeing is not necessarily the same as intending

When doctors might kill their patients: foreseeing is not necessarily the same as intending.

Association is Not the Same as Accuracy

1. dos Santos ES, Aguiar Filho Lde F, Fonseca DM, Londero HJ, Xavier RM, Pereira MP, et al. Correlation of risk scores with coronary anatomy in non-STelevation acute coronary syndrome. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2013;100(6):511-7. 2. Barbosa CE, Viana M, Brito M, Sabino M, Garcia G, Maraux M, et al. Accuracy of the GRACE and TIMI scores in predicting the angiographic severity of acute coronary syndrome....

Success is not necessarily automatic

There are a number of factors (planning, process optimization, organizational structure, people development and the need to see the total picture) that must be in place for automation to be as effective as possible. This paper discusses these factors and their relationship with automation. It evaluates less obvious areas associated with automation, as well as the more established ones, and disc...

Statistical Perpectives Not different is not the same as the same: how can we tell?

CALVIN COOLIDGE was a taciturn president of the United States, nicknamed “Silent Cal”. When told that he had died, the acerbic writer Dorothy Parker remarked, “How could they tell?” Telling if something has not happened is a perennial problem in science, particularly so in laboratory experiments. Why should this be? In the case of Cal Coolidge, they probably could tell. But in science, random e...

Not different is not the same as the same: how can we tell?

CALVIN COOLIDGE was a taciturn president of the United States, nicknamed “Silent Cal”. When told that he had died, the acerbic writer Dorothy Parker remarked, “How could they tell?” Telling if something has not happened is a perennial problem in science, particularly so in laboratory experiments. Why should this be? In the case of Cal Coolidge, they probably could tell. But in science, random e...