{"title":"Draft lottery numbers (1970)","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0020","url":null,"abstract":"The 1970 United States Army draft was based on a lottery to determine eligible men. A description of the statistics and consequences of the draft lottery also includes an investigation of the randomness of the process.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128322951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proportional reduction in error —a measure of association","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0009","url":null,"abstract":"This statistical tool is a useful and interesting approach to describing the relationships within tabled data and is illustrated by a description of the relationship between smoking exposure and levels of socioeconomic status data. The measure capitalizes on the observed maximum values to identify association.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129268611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fatal coronary disease—risk","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0022","url":null,"abstract":"A complete discussion of a faulty analysis that produced the conclusion that major risk factors in the frequency of coronary disease range from 87% to 90%.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"411 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124383528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Odds ratio—two properties rarely mentioned","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0014","url":null,"abstract":"Two often confused statistical techniques are the odds ratio and relative risk ratio. These basic statistics are discussed and illustrated by contrasting risks from an analysis of breast cancer incidence among military women who served in Vietnam.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"143 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116279374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two-way table—a graphical analysis","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0036","url":null,"abstract":"A number of approaches are possible. A specific analysis describes the analysis of tabulated data using the concept of additivity. Several examples illustrate the description.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116832706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Odds—a sometimes measure of likelihood","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0012","url":null,"abstract":"Odds are a frequently used and popular metric in the medical and epidemiologic literature and are often generated by logistic regression analysis.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125938038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A binary variable—twin pairs","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0038","url":null,"abstract":"Binary data is often an important type of data. The description of twin pairs presents an extensive example. Also introduced are the statistical consequences of random pairs illustrated by the analysis of the occurrence of twins with birth defects.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"405 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132259073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Odds ratio—a measure of risk?","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0013","url":null,"abstract":"A discussion and complete description of the odds ratio in the context of epidemiologic data.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127421433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quick tests—four examples","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0010","url":null,"abstract":"Quick tests are simple and easily applied statistical approach to a variety of ways to describe and understand data. Four examples are discussed in detail. For example, John Tukey’s two-sample comparison.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121159847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Smoothing—median values","authors":"S. Selvin","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198833444.003.0032","url":null,"abstract":"As the term smoothing suggests, data are made more similar to represent a clearer and more accessible picture of the relationships within the collected data.","PeriodicalId":135906,"journal":{"name":"The Joy of Statistics","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124443384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}