Kathrine Frey Frøslie

26.02.2019: Is statistics a foreign language, like German, Latin or Mandarin? Using numbers to tell stories is a cornerstone of medical research. Clinical researchers translate observations of blood, sugar, sweat and tears into numbers and categories that can be analysed using statistical methods. They exchange...

01.01.2019: The average person is a ghost from the past. An important use of statistics is to condense many individual observations into a few summary figures, so-called descriptive statistics. Naturally, there are certain principles to follow to ensure this is done properly, but some mistakes have been made...

28.05.2018: Only a century ago, an early and painful death was predicted for those experiencing excessive urination, and urine with a sweet odour or taste. This was before any mechanistic understanding of diabetes was established. Diabetes was a predictor for death, but little could be done to prevent either...