mathematics

Shih-Jen Hwang

Shih-Jen Hwang is a mathematics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Shih-Jen Hwang rather than just read about it. In short: Shih-Jen Hwang (born 1960) is a Taiwanese-American biostatistician and epidemiologist. She is a staff scientist in the Laboratory for Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Genomics at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Key takeaways

Shih-Jen Hwang belongs to mathematics; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Shih-Jen Hwang to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Shih-Jen Hwang from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Shih-Jen Hwang (born 1960) is a Taiwanese-American biostatistician and epidemiologist. She is a staff scientist in the Laboratory for Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Genomics at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. She is an investigator on the Framingham Heart Study.

Education Hwang completed a B.S. in nursing at Kaohsiung Medical University and an M.P.H. in epidemiology at the National Taiwan University. She then earned an M.H.S. and Ph.D. in epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her 1994 doctoral dissertation was titled, Study of oral clefts: search for genetic variability and gene-environment interaction.

Selected works Hwang, Shih-Jen; Beaty, Terri H.; Liang, Kung-Yee; Coresh, Josef; Khoury, Muin J. (1994-12-01). "Minimum Sample Size Estimation to Detect Gene-Environment Interaction in Case-Control Designs". American Journal of Epidemiology. 140 (11): 1029–1037. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117193. ISSN 1476-6256. PMID 7985651. Hwang, Shih-Jen; Beaty, Terri H.; Panny, Susan R; Street, Nancy A.; Joseph, J. Mehsen; Gordon, Shiela; McIntosh, Iain; Francomano, Clair A. (1995-04-01). "Association Study of Transforming Growth Factor Alpha (TGFα) TaqI Polymorphismand Oral Clefts: Indication of Gene-Environment Interaction in a Population-based Sample of Infants with Birth Defects". American Journal of Epidemiology. 141 (7): 629–636. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117478. ISSN 1476-6256. PMID 7702037. Hwang, Shih-Jen; Ballantyne, Christie M.; Sharrett, A. Richey; Smith, Louis C.; Davis, Clarence E.; Gotto, Antonio M.; Boerwinkle, Eric (1997-12-16). "Circulating Adhesion Molecules VCAM-1, ICAM-1, and E-selectin in Carotid Atherosclerosis and Incident Coronary Heart Disease Cases". Circulation. 96 (12): 4219–4225. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.96.12.4219. PMID 9416885.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Shih-Jen Hwang

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Shih-Jen Hwang claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In mathematics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Shih-Jen Hwang before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Shih-Jen Hwang ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Shih-Jen Hwang

In research: Shih-Jen Hwang appears in mathematics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Shih-Jen Hwang in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Shih-Jen Hwang is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1960 births, 21st-century American women scientists, 21st-century Taiwanese scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Shih-Jen Hwang outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Shih-Jen Hwang in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Shih-Jen Hwang in simple terms?

Why does Shih-Jen Hwang matter?

Because it connects several mathematics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Shih-Jen Hwang?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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