Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 9-29-2011
Keywords
data analysis, heterogeneity, variation
Disciplines
Epidemiology | Statistics and Probability
Abstract
This working paper is a discussion paper for a September 2011 meeting of the research group of Prof. Di Cook on data visualization and exploratory data analysis at Iowa State University. A taxonomy of eleven kinds of heterogeneity is presented, followed by a set of vignettes that illustrate some of the meanings and sketch some implications, then a series of images that illustrate the heterogeneities. Several of the vignettes speak to a broad contention about heterogeneity and control: In relation to modern understandings of heredity and development over the life course, research and application of resulting knowledge are untroubled by heterogeneity to the extent that populations are well controlled.
Recommended Citation
Taylor, Peter J., "Heterogeneity and data analysis" (2011). Working Papers on Science in a Changing World. 8.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cct_sicw/8
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