Why did the four sons leave the Haggadah and started IntegriStat's blog?
"To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose." — Florence Nightingale The Wise son: As you all know, we are the four sons from the Passover Haggadah. After many years of being very deep into Judaism, we recently understood that statistics is a more interesting and refreshing […]
What is IntegriStat all about?
The Wise son: IntegriStat is our safe place in this crazy world! Here we can rest, breath and analyze any data-set which enters our door. Only yesterday a very cute data-set has arrived, knocking on our email, saying that her researchers abandoned her, saying (to her face!) that she is too small and not significant. […]
How to draw unadjusted and adjusted survival curves in R?
The Wise son: Survival analysis is one of the most common analyses in the medical world. Data is usually time-to-event, and many studies’ questions are referring to the survival probabilities of two or more groups. We can use the Kaplan-Meier method to draw survival curves. However, be aware that the Kaplan-Meier yields unadjusted curves. If […]
How to appoint the national statistician?
The Wise son: The national statistician is the head of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The CBS performs statistical analysis about the state and its population. The CBS projects include the fields of health, welfare, education, and economy. Its responsibilities include maintaining and publishing a range of economics, physical, geographical and ecological indices which […]