{"id":1046,"date":"2015-02-03T21:20:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T20:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2015-01-23T18:15:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T17:15:50","slug":"statsminiblog-complex-vs-complicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/2015\/02\/03\/statsminiblog-complex-vs-complicated\/","title":{"rendered":"StatsMiniBlog: Complex vs. Complicated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/files\/2014\/02\/20140205-091454.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-859\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/files\/2014\/02\/20140205-091454.jpg\" alt=\"20140205-091454.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a> These two words, though often used synonymously are different &#8211; do you know how?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s actually not that difficult.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Complicated<\/strong> = made of lots of parts, but &#8220;logical and rational&#8221; &#8212; like a car engine,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.co.uk\/asia_mongolia_gobi_desert_great_gobi_puzzle-116357169288464737\"> 10001 piece jigsaw of the Gobi desert<\/a>, or (dare I say it) a heart<\/p>\n<p><strong>Complex<\/strong> = constructed with pieces with varying and incalculable influences, but often with a predictable &#8216;overall&#8217; effect &#8212; like a <a href=\"http:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/true-detective-birds-matthew-mcconaughey-7mGqPjCKDn3ck\">flock of birds<\/a>, a game of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.superleague.co.uk\/\">rugby league<\/a>, or the initial diagnostic conversation with\u00a0the parents of a child with leukaemia<\/p>\n<p>The difference is important. In the former, we can try to understand and manage the pieces to affect the overall outcome. In the latter, we can fiddle with the bits but it&#8217;s\u00a0effect will need to be seen rather than predicted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Archi<!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These two words, though often used synonymously are different &#8211; do you know how? It&#8217;s actually not that difficult. 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