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eacktovieee tessons Prev Next Understanding whether you're answering an inferential question versus a prediction question isan important concept because the type of question you're answering can greallyinluence the modeling strategy you pursue. you do not clearly understand which type of question you are asking, you may end up using the wrong type of ‘modeling approach and ultimately make the wrong conclusions from your data. The purpose ofthis reading isto ‘how you what can happen when you confuse ane question for another. The key things to remember are 1. For Inferential questions the goals typical to estimate an association between a prior of interest and te ‘oteome, Thee s usualy onl a handful of predictors of intrest or even jut one), however there are typically many potential confounding variables lo consider. They key goal af mecoing isto estimate an association whila making sure {you appropriately aust for any potential confounders. Oe, sensiy analyses are conducted to see Hf associations of inert are robust to lferent sets of confounders 2. Forpredietion questions the goals to ident a model tnt best preies the outcome, Typically we do nat place any 2 prior importance on the predictors, song as thay are good at paditng the outcome, There is no nation of “confounder or “predictors of interest Because all predictors are potently usetu fr predicting the outoome. Aso, wo often donot care about ow the model works or tlng a dtaled sory about th predictor. The key goals to

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