Je ziet de uitschieter omdat het een uitschieter is: Omgaan met de verwarrende ‘regressie naar het gemiddelde’

Judith ter Schure

Je ziet de uitschieter omdat het een uitschieter is: Omgaan met de verwarrende ‘regressie naar het gemiddelde’

Translated title of the contribution: You see the outlier because it is an outlier: dealing with the confusing ‘regression to the mean’

Judith ter Schure

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Abstract

Symptoms are often at their worst when patients visit their doctor, and also get better without intervening. This can happen thanks to a phenomenon we call regression to the mean. A doctor appreciates that if they say ‘give it a few more days’, to check whether symptoms subside. In medical research, we also account for this, by having a control group as a comparison.

Translated title of the contribution	You see the outlier because it is an outlier: dealing with the confusing ‘regression to the mean’
Original language	Dutch
Article number	D6979
Pages (from-to)	20-21
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
Volume	166
Publication status	Published - 22 Sept 2022

Keywords

regression to the mean

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Je ziet de uitschieter omdat het een uitschieter is: Omgaan met de verwarrende ‘regressie naar het gemiddelde’

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