However, consensus on which summary statistic to use has yet to be reached.
As expected, correlations between true and inferred risk are typically highest in the population from which summary statistics were derived.
But there are countries in which summary tax data of all citizens, whether politicians or not, is publicly available.
Data were compiled from the patient survey responses into a spreadsheet (Excel 2010) in which summary measures were prepared.
There were no statistically significant differences across groups regarding which summary statistic they preferred or in their confidence in decisions (Table 4).
However, no previous studies have evaluated which summary statistics best help people to make decisions that are consistent with their own values.
A clearer exposition of which summary measure to use would be a welcome addition to the literature.
The factors influencing which summary statistic was preferable could not be predicted, and neither statistic was found clearly superior overall.
Stratified analysis was performed on each professional group after which summary chi square and p value were computed.
For each comparison, we focused on the intersection of SNPs for which summary statistics were present in both GWAS.
Data were entered into an Excel® (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USA) spreadsheet, from which summary tables were derived.
