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Dr. Semmelweis and the Importance of Handwashing

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Updated 07/2024
Reanalyze the data behind one of the most important discoveries of modern medicine: handwashing.
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Dr. Semmelweis and the Importance of Handwashing

In 1847, the Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis made a breakthrough discovery: he discovered handwashing and enforced it at his hospital to save hundreds of lives. Perform data analysis to explore the data behind one of the most important discoveries in modern medicine.

Dr. Semmelweis and the Importance of Handwashing

Reanalyze the data behind one of the most important discoveries of modern medicine: handwashing.
Start Project for Free
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    Reanalyze the medical data Semmelweis collected using R.

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  • Shuaikang
    about 7 hours

  • Johnny
    3 days

  • Daniel
    8 days

  • Krzysztof
    6 days

  • Krzysztof
    6 days

  • Torsten
    6 days

    I really like the project with regards to topic and data. I had problems loading the csv files because I overlooked the sentence that said it is in the data folder. When I used dir() I could not see that folder. And it would be cool to do a statistical test of proportions to check if the hand washing was statistically significant given the small sample size after the implementation in 1847.

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