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View article: Effects of the computer-assisted rehabilitation environment on patient rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Effects of the computer-assisted rehabilitation environment on patient rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Background Computer-assisted rehabilitation environment (CAREN) integrates virtual reality, motion capture systems, and real-time feedback mechanisms to enhance patient rehabilitation results. This study aimed to determine the potential be…
View article: The Analytic Fluency Scale: Measuring the Skill of a Data Analyst
The Analytic Fluency Scale: Measuring the Skill of a Data Analyst Open
Psychologists should analyze their data well rather than badly, but how do we know whether they are actually good at analyzing data in the real world? Currently, there is a dearth of empirically-grounded criteria for assessing real-world a…
View article: An Empirical Study of the Effectiveness of Micro-project Teaching Method on Nursing Students' Integrative Qualities by Using Visualization Analysis
An Empirical Study of the Effectiveness of Micro-project Teaching Method on Nursing Students' Integrative Qualities by Using Visualization Analysis Open
To investigate the effectiveness of Micro-project Teaching Method on cultivating comprehensive and integrative quality of nursing interns (hereafter referred to as nursing students), and to provide scientific basis for optimizing the nursi…
View article: The Analytic Fluency Scale: Measuring the Skill of a Data Analyst
The Analytic Fluency Scale: Measuring the Skill of a Data Analyst Open
Psychologists should analyze their data well rather than badly, but how do we know whether they are actually good at analyzing data in the real world? Currently, there is a dearth of empirically-grounded criteria for assessing real-world a…
View article: Tooling for Reproducible Research: Considerations for the Past and Future of Data Analysis
Tooling for Reproducible Research: Considerations for the Past and Future of Data Analysis Open
The concept of reproducible research has evolved significantly over the past 30 years, with the idea growing in popularity, awareness, and acceptance. Upon its introduction to the statistical and broader scientific community, computational…
View article: Inside Out: Externalizing Assumptions in Data Analysis as Validation Checks
Inside Out: Externalizing Assumptions in Data Analysis as Validation Checks Open
In data analysis, unexpected results often prompt researchers to revisit their procedures to identify potential issues. While some researchers may struggle to identify the root causes, experienced researchers can often quickly diagnose pro…
View article: Moving to lower-poverty neighborhoods offers broad benefits for children with asthma, regardless of sex or other baseline characteristics
Moving to lower-poverty neighborhoods offers broad benefits for children with asthma, regardless of sex or other baseline characteristics Open
Children with asthma experience a reduction in odds of an exacerbation and symptoms after moving to lower-poverty/higher-opportunity neighborhoods. These improvements in asthma outcomes are seen regardless of baseline sex, age, body mass i…
View article: Quantifying the Alignment of a Data Analysis Between Analyst and Audience
Quantifying the Alignment of a Data Analysis Between Analyst and Audience Open
A challenge that data scientists face is building an analytic product that is useful and trustworthy for a given audience. Previously, a set of principles for describing data analyses were defined that can be used to create a data analysis…
View article: A Study of the Usage of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Research and Education
A Study of the Usage of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Research and Education Open
Nowadays, the speed of spearing of artificial intelligence is getting faster. Likely commercialization can make people’s lives more convenient, if scientific research gets help from artificial intelligence, the efficiency of scientific res…
View article: Alignment of Air Pollution Exposure Inequality Metrics with Environmental Justice and Equity Goals in the United States
Alignment of Air Pollution Exposure Inequality Metrics with Environmental Justice and Equity Goals in the United States Open
A growing literature within the field of air pollution exposure assessment addresses the issue of environmental justice. Leveraging the increasing availability of exposure datasets with broad spatial coverage and high spatial resolution, a…
View article: Federal Reserve Policies in the Context of the Global Financial Crisis
Federal Reserve Policies in the Context of the Global Financial Crisis Open
One of the most powerful central banks in the world, the U.S. Federal Reserve System (Fed), has been instrumental in handling international economic issues since the end of the 20th century. As is evident, the global financial crisis that …
View article: Unified calibration and spatial mapping of fine particulate matter data from multiple low-cost air pollution sensor networks in Baltimore, Maryland
Unified calibration and spatial mapping of fine particulate matter data from multiple low-cost air pollution sensor networks in Baltimore, Maryland Open
Low-cost air pollution sensor networks are increasingly being deployed globally, supplementing sparse regulatory monitoring with localized air quality data. In some areas, like Baltimore, Maryland, there are only few regulatory (reference)…
View article: ETASbootstrap 0.2.0: A flexible R package for computing bootstrap confidence intervals for parameters in the space–time epidemic-type aftershock sequence model, with four case studies
ETASbootstrap 0.2.0: A flexible R package for computing bootstrap confidence intervals for parameters in the space–time epidemic-type aftershock sequence model, with four case studies Open
View article: The Psychology of Data Analysis: Toward A Person-Centered Approach To The Empirical Study Of Data Analysis
The Psychology of Data Analysis: Toward A Person-Centered Approach To The Empirical Study Of Data Analysis Open
Data should be analyzed well rather than badly. But by what standard? When judging others’ analytic decisions, we rely heavily on the uncertain standards of disciplinary norms, routines, or subjective judgments of what “feels right” or “se…
View article: A causal machine-learning framework for studying policy impact on air pollution: a case study in COVID-19 lockdowns
A causal machine-learning framework for studying policy impact on air pollution: a case study in COVID-19 lockdowns Open
When studying the impact of policy interventions or natural experiments on air pollution, such as new environmental policies or the opening or closing of an industrial facility, careful statistical analysis is needed to separate causal cha…
View article: Data Sketching and Stacking: A Confluence of Two Strategies for Predictive Inference in Gaussian Process Regressions with High-Dimensional Features
Data Sketching and Stacking: A Confluence of Two Strategies for Predictive Inference in Gaussian Process Regressions with High-Dimensional Features Open
This article focuses on drawing computationally-efficient predictive inference from Gaussian process (GP) regressions with a large number of features when the response is conditionally independent of the features given the projection to a …
View article: Bootstrapping for parameter uncertainty in the space–time epidemic-type aftershock sequence model
Bootstrapping for parameter uncertainty in the space–time epidemic-type aftershock sequence model Open
SUMMARY This paper proposes the use of the parametric bootstrap as a simple way of obtaining reliable confidence intervals for the parameters in the space–time epidemic-type aftershock sequence (ETAS) model. Using an earthquake data catalo…
View article: Catalyzing communities of research rigour champions
Catalyzing communities of research rigour champions Open
The biomedical sciences must maintain and enhance a research culture that prioritizes rigour and transparency. The US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke convened a workshop entitled ‘Catalyzing Communities of Research …
View article: Evaluating the Alignment of a Data Analysis between Analyst and Audience
Evaluating the Alignment of a Data Analysis between Analyst and Audience Open
A challenge that data analysts face is building a data analysis that is useful for a given consumer. Previously, we defined a set of principles for describing data analyses that can be used to create a data analysis and to characterize the…
View article: A dynamic spatial filtering approach to mitigate underestimation bias in field calibrated low-cost sensor air pollution data
A dynamic spatial filtering approach to mitigate underestimation bias in field calibrated low-cost sensor air pollution data Open
Low-cost air pollution sensors, offering hyper-local characterization of pollutant concentrations, are becoming increasingly prevalent in environmental and public health research. However, low-cost air pollution data can be noisy, biased b…
View article: Predicting Patient No-Shows in Community Health Clinics: A Case Study in Designing a Data Analytic Product
Predicting Patient No-Shows in Community Health Clinics: A Case Study in Designing a Data Analytic Product Open
The data science revolution has highlighted the varying roles that data analytic products can play in a different industries and applications. There has been particular interest in using analytic products coupled with algorithmic predictio…
View article: Modeling Data Analytic Iteration With Probabilistic Outcome Sets
Modeling Data Analytic Iteration With Probabilistic Outcome Sets Open
In 1977 John Tukey described how in exploratory data analysis, data analysts use tools, such as data visualizations, to separate their expectations from what they observe. In contrast to statistical theory, an underappreciated aspect of da…
View article: Association of a Housing Mobility Program With Childhood Asthma Symptoms and Exacerbations
Association of a Housing Mobility Program With Childhood Asthma Symptoms and Exacerbations Open
Importance Structural racism has been implicated in the disproportionally high asthma morbidity experienced by children living in disadvantaged, urban neighborhoods. Current approaches designed to reduce asthma triggers have modest impact.…
View article: Principal stratification analysis to determine health benefit of indoor air pollution reduction in a randomized environmental intervention in COPD: Results from the CLEAN AIR study
Principal stratification analysis to determine health benefit of indoor air pollution reduction in a randomized environmental intervention in COPD: Results from the CLEAN AIR study Open
View article: Indoor environmental exposures and obstructive lung disease phenotypes among children with asthma living in poor urban neighborhoods
Indoor environmental exposures and obstructive lung disease phenotypes among children with asthma living in poor urban neighborhoods Open
View article: Indoor Air Pollution and Impaired Cardiac Autonomic Function in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Indoor Air Pollution and Impaired Cardiac Autonomic Function in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Open
Rationale: Indoor air pollution represents a modifiable risk factor for respiratory morbidity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The effects of indoor air pollution, as well as the impact of interventions to improve in…
View article: Implications of Mortality Displacement for Effect Modification and Selection Bias
Implications of Mortality Displacement for Effect Modification and Selection Bias Open
Mortality displacement is the concept that deaths are moved forward in time (e.g., a few days, several months, and years) by exposure from when they would occur without the exposure, which is common in environmental time-series studies. Us…
View article: Design Principles for Data Analysis
Design Principles for Data Analysis Open
The data revolution has led to an increased interest in the practice of data analysis. While much has been written about statistical thinking, a complementary form of thinking that appears in the practice of data analysis is design thinkin…
View article: Comprehensive home environmental intervention did not reduce allergen concentrations or controller medication requirements among children in Baltimore
Comprehensive home environmental intervention did not reduce allergen concentrations or controller medication requirements among children in Baltimore Open
Among this predominantly low-income, Black pediatric asthma population, the addition of ECS to controller medication titration reduced neither indoor allergen concentrations nor controller medication requirements compared to controller med…
View article: Reply by McCormack <i>et al.</i> to Townsend and Cowl, and to Miller <i>et al.</i>
Reply by McCormack <i>et al.</i> to Townsend and Cowl, and to Miller <i>et al.</i> Open