They’re quick: 92.3% They’re easy to get to: 80.1% I like the taste of fast food: 69.2% They’re inexpensive: 63.6% I’m too busy to cook: 53.2% It’s a “treat” for myself: 50.1% I don’t like to prepare foods myself: 44.3% My friends/family like them: 41.8% Why is junk food advertisedRead More →

Chaucer’s poetry influenced and inspired many of Great Britain’s authors, poets, and playwrights who followed him, including William Shakespeare. Shakespeare borrowed some of his stories from Chaucer’s poetry. In particular, Shakespeare drew heavily on Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde for his play, Troilus and Cressida. What masterpiece did Geoffrey Chaucer produce?Read More →

Attributable risk (AR) is a measure of the proportion of the disease occurrence that can be attributed to a certain exposure. The risks among the exposed and unexposed groups are denoted p1 and p2. AR can then be expressed by estimating excess risk as p 1 − p 2 dividedRead More →