CalEnviroScreen

The CalEnviroScreen tool and data set provides examples of several of the concepts we are exploring in this course.

Here are some example questions and a tool that can provide evidence.

• How asthmatic is california?
  • histogram/distribution
  • mean/median/deviation
• How is my regions asthma compared to CA?
  • percentile
• If I choose an area at random in CA, what is the chance it has higher asthma than my area?
  • percentile
• Do any groups (age, ancestry) have worse asthma
  • compare population histograms/means
• Are there variables that correlate with asthma?
  • linear regression

Associations

Keep in mind that these associations do not on their own establish causality.