Re: Mentoring

[tdc@ehssun.lbl.gov (Ted M. de Castro)]

>>I guess my sense is that, if the subject of radiation/safety can't capture
>>interest WITHOUT statistics/probability, adding s/p (ugh)  won't get any 
>>MORE potential interest   :-) 

Thanks for the comments Jim.  But my concern about s/p is that I don't see 
any way to do just a project without addressing the "danger" of radiation.  
To them it is a threshold thing or no threshold.  If their is any 
probability of causing cancer at all - then it does always!  Also they need 
to FEEL s/p to understand things like Cohen's relative risks - the 
difference between 1:1000 and 1:1000000!  Just what "likely" means.

Most lay adults do not understand this which is one of the reasons 
politicians can play to the public fears and things get so carried away.

I'd want them to come away with the tools to be able to rationally evaluate 
the issues.

Maybe I wnt too much?