1.10 Some examples of the problems addressed with statistical analysis
- Identify the risk factors for some type of cancers
 - Predict whether someone will have a hearth attack on the basis of demographic, diet, and clinical measurements
 - Email spam detection
 - Classify a tissue sample into one of several cancer classes, based on a gene expression profile
 - Establish the relationship between salary and demographic variables in population survey data
 
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