The pros and cons of control charts versus data mining (created 2007-11-17)

In a talk I gave in December 2006, I highlighted how in the analysis of adverse event data, control charts can augment more complex statistical tools like data mining. Here's a summary of the pros and cons of using control charts.

This webpage was originally published at the StATS website, which is currently unavailable. There is a dispute about the ownership of these pages, so I am only able to include a brief excerpt from this page.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. This page was written by Steve Simon and was last modified on 2008-11-26. Need more information? I have a page with general help resources. You can also browse for pages similar to this one at Category: Adverse events in clinical trials.