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Pooled relative risks

2001-06-14 Thread JFC
Hi, Relative risk is commonly used in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics. It is simply the ratio of two proportions. Because of some desirable properties, it is usual to calculate instead of it another index, the *odds ratio*, that is a good approximation to relative risk in many practical

Re: multivariate techniques for large datasets

2001-06-14 Thread Herman Rubin
In article 9g9k9f$h4c$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Eric Bohlman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In sci.stat.consult Tracey Continelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: value. I'm not sure why you'd want to reduce the size of the data set, since for the most part the larger the N the better. Actually, for datasets of

Marijuana

2001-06-14 Thread Paul Jones
There was some research recently linking heart attacks with Marijuana smoking. I'm trying to work out the correlation and, most importantly, its statistical significance. In essence the problem comes down to: Of 8760 hours in a year, 124 had heart attacks in them, 141 had MJ smokes in them and

Re: multivariate techniques for large datasets

2001-06-14 Thread Rich Ulrich
On 13 Jun 2001 20:32:51 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tracey Continelli) wrote: Sidney Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... srinivas wrote: Hi, I have a problem in identifying the right multivariate tools to handle datset of dimension

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-14 Thread Mr Unreliable
David C. Ullrich wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]... On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:22:25 +0100, Paul Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was some research recently linking heart attacks with Marijuana smoking. I'm trying to work out the correlation and, most importantly, its statistical

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-14 Thread Paul Jones
Steve Leibel wrote: So the people who died from heart attacks weren't even considered in the study. Perhaps of all the people who had heart attacks, recent mj use was statistically correlated with saving their lives. That would be consistent with what you just described. So the

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-14 Thread Steve Leibel
In article 9galk6$fjr$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Mr Unreliable [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David C. Ullrich wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]... On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:22:25 +0100, Paul Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was some research recently linking heart attacks with Marijuana smoking.

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-14 Thread Mr Unreliable
David C. Ullrich wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]... On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:22:25 +0100, Paul Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was some research recently linking heart attacks with Marijuana smoking. I'm trying to work out the correlation and, most importantly, its statistical

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-14 Thread Paul Jones
Thanks for replying, David. I'll try to frame the problem better. First, I shall explain my motivations. There has recently been some research that implied that smoking MJ increased risk of heart attack in the hour following the heart attack. I haven't got the full text of the article - I've

Re: multivariate techniques for large datasets

2001-06-14 Thread S. F. Thomas
Herman Rubin wrote: In article 9g9k9f$h4c$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Eric Bohlman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In sci.stat.consult Tracey Continelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: value. I'm not sure why you'd want to reduce the size of the data set, since for the most part the larger the N the better.

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-14 Thread Jim Ferry
I was surprised to see this subject heading on sci.math. I thought it might have to do with the following lyrics (I forget the name of the group and the song): I smoke two joints at two o' clock; I smoke two joints at four. I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints, And then I smoke two

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-14 Thread David C. Ullrich
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:37:02 +0100, Mr Unreliable [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David C. Ullrich wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]... On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:22:25 +0100, Paul Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was some research recently linking heart attacks with Marijuana smoking. [...]

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-14 Thread Jay Warner
Brother! That topic sure drew a crowd! :) Paul Jones wrote: There was some research recently linking heart attacks with Marijuana smoking. [big snip] Jay -- Jay Warner Principal Scientist Warner Consulting, Inc. North Green Bay Road Racine, WI 53404-1216 USA Ph: (262) 634-9100 FAX: (262)

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-14 Thread David Petry
Paul Jones wrote ... So the research says that of a large number of people who had heart attacks at a centre, 124 people had used MJ in the year preceding the HA. Of these 9 reported that they had used MJ in the hour preceding the HA. All MJ users were questioned on the frequency with which