It seems that as time goes by, people including statisticians, forget the past and must re-invent it. Anyone interested should read Richardson's "The Statistics of Deadly Quarrels." Volume 2 of "The World of Mathematics." The book used to be given out as sort of a cracker-jack prize by book clubs everywhere.
>>Gabor Grothendieck wrote: >> >> >>>I came across this one: >>> >>>http://www.nysun.com/article/32787 >>> >>>which says that the violent death rate in Iraq (which presumably >>>includes violent deaths from the war) is lower than the violent >>>death rate in major American cities. >>> >>>Does anyone have any insights from statistics on how to >>>interpret this? >>> >>>______________________________________________ >>>R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >>>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>>PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting- >>>guide.html >>> >>> >>> >> >>-- -- Bob Wheeler --- http://www.bobwheeler.com/ ECHIP, Inc. --- Randomness comes in bunches. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
