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How Fractions Help Us See the Big Picture

My oldest daughter is a fifth-grader and is learning about fractions and percentages in her math class this year. She made a big conceptual leap from whole numbers to fractions. The lessons she is learning on comparing and interpreting fractions may prepare her to understand and appraise risks better than most adults.

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Beware the Ides of March: March Retraction Report

Another month, another set of retractions! Thankfully, most researchers out there had a better month than Caesar. We’re trying a new format for this month. We’ll be talking through the data here on PubTrawlr’s blog page, and then linking to the full dataset. Over this past month, we’ve seen 31 retractions.

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Less words, more action. Comments on Brownson et al.

A recent article is making rounds in the Twitter circles I follow: Brownson et al’s Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity. Because so much of PubTrawlr’s work is about both implementation science AND equity, let’s deconstruct what this article is saying.

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PubTrawlr Need Writers!

We want to make science accessible. Part of that is helping people understand how science is generated and what findings mean. Come help us spread knowledge far and wide. We are seeking writers to generate blogs and educational infographics for PubTrawlr. We pay per blog with incentives for the number of hits. Click on this […]

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Cross-posting on health equity.

Let’s start at the beginning. Health outcomes can vary for no other reason than where people are born. And this isn’t even a “developed” vs. “developing” country distinction. In the US, zip codes can be a huge predictor of health outcomes. This has been known for a long time and a major driven force in […]

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