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Lourdes Sandoval

An associate editor at Biology Insights covering health statistics, Lourdes Sandoval has worked in news media for nine years. She previously reported on municipal government for a local paper before turning to news data visualization. Sandoval holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

What Percentage of HIV Patients Are Straight?Immunity
Is a Higher Standard Deviation Better?Healthcare
What Makes a Good Scientific Model?Biology
Is Standard Deviation Unitless or Does It Have Units?Healthcare
What Is a Fair Test in Science?Healthcare
How Many People Never Got COVID?Immunity
Why Is It Important to Repeat Experiments?Healthcare
What Percentage of American Males Are Circumcised?Reproductive
How to Build a Statistical Model: A Step-by-Step Process Healthcare
What Is the Death Rate and Why Is It So Important?Healthcare
What Is Systematic Error? Definition and Examples Healthcare
What Are the 5 Steps of the Scientific Method?Healthcare
How Many People Really Died From COVID in China?Healthcare
What Does a Wide Confidence Interval Mean?Healthcare
What Does It Mean When Error Bars Overlap?Healthcare
How to Write a Hypothesis in the If-Then Format Healthcare
What Is Observation in the Scientific Method?Healthcare
Chikungunya Map: Global Distribution and Risk Areas Immunity
How Many People Die From Not Wearing a Seatbelt?Safety
What Is a Response Variable? Definition & Examples Healthcare
What Is Vaccine Coverage and Why Does It Matter?Healthcare
What Is the 99th Percentile for Height?Kids
How Many People Die in the United States Each Year?Healthcare
What Percent of the World Is Lactose Intolerant?Gut & Kidney
Are Drugs Worse Than Alcohol? A Public Health Comparison Healthcare
Do Non-Drinkers Actually Live Longer?Substances
Average Waist Size for Women by Age and Health Risk Diet & Weight
How Many People in the World Have Allergies?Immunity
Are Americans Getting Shorter? The Data on Height Trends Healthcare
The Most Common Blood Types by Race and Ethnicity Tests