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Talk:Mystery:Young Hollywood Breast Cancer Victims (view source)
Revision as of 21:57, May 7, 2008
, 21:57, May 7, 2008Mathematical outline
::Your case remains completely unproven speculation, but is nevertheless interesting. [[User:StatsFan|StatsFan]] 14:31, 7 May 2008 (EDT)
::Your case remains completely unproven speculation, but is nevertheless interesting. [[User:StatsFan|StatsFan]] 14:31, 7 May 2008 (EDT)
==Mathematical Outline for such a theory==
If I understand your theory correctly, the maths for your theory would work as follows (please correct me if I am wrong):
First, evaluate Global Breast Cancer Incidence in the [[Control Population]], i.e. the 'world at large':
A=Global Population of women aged 18-45
B=Total number of women belonging to Set A diagnosed with breast cancer
B/A = Y (Average Global percentage of breast cancer incidence in young women aged 18-45)
Note that since our hypothesis is that 'Hollywood' or 'lifestyle values' are what we are testing for (since we assume you don't intend to prove that there are, for example, more carcinogens in movie trailers than elsewhere), it would be important to exclude breast cancers caused by hereditary, environmental factors and other non-lifestyle factors.
Next, evaluate 'Hollywood' Breast Cancer Incidence:
A=Global Population women aged 18-45 (same as above)
X=Global population of Actresses and Pop Singers aged 18-45
X/A = Z (Average Global percentage of breast cancer in 'Hollywood' women)
If Z > Y, you're onto something. But with A, B and X as yet undefined, as here, we don't have proof yet of the trend. But at least we have defined the numbers we are looking for. [[User:StatsFan|StatsFan]] 17:57, 7 May 2008 (EDT)