Consider the Statement "Data Are Numbers in Context

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Essay

Consider the statement "Data are numbers in context." Consider a randomly selected group of newborn babies born in a large city. Describe one possible type of numerical data that could be reported about this group that might be of interest to obstetricians.

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Definitions:

Ease of Retrieval Effect

A cognitive bias where people judge an event to be more likely or frequent if examples of it come to mind easily.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than the information that follows.

Upward Counterfactual

involves imagining or thinking about how a situation could have turned out better than it did, often leading to feelings of regret.

Downward Counterfactual

Imagining how situations could have been worse, which can sometimes improve emotional state by making one's current situation seem better in comparison.