And a second glance at the press release showed that I missed the authors claim that the 'other driver's' actions must be a factor, so my point was already in the press release.
------Original Message------ From: Mike Palij To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij ReplyTo: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: re: [tips] Women drivers Sent: Jul 7, 2011 5:50 PM On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:14:05 -0700, Don Allen wrote: >Those of you teaching stats may want to use this article: > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2012188/Women-drivers-ARE-dangerous-wheel-scientists-discover.html > > >The authors contend that women are worse drivers than >men are. Most interesting was the finding that women/women >crashes were much higher than expected while men/men >crashes were much lower. > >I'm sure that it will generate a lot of discussion. It appears that most of the news reports of this study is based on a press release put out by the University of Michigan where the research was done. The press release can be read here: http://ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=8432 However, none of sources appear to actually provide a reference to the study. Using my magical psychic powers (and scholar.google.com), I believe that this is the journal article that serves as the basis for the press release and the news stories; see: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/gcpi2/2011/00000012/00000003/art00006 (Note: it was published on 06/01/2011). It only costs $55.49 (plus tax) to buy a copy of the article and probably is a bargain at twice the price. If your institution subscribes to Taylor & Francis Online, you might be able to get a copy for free. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454&n=T&l=tips&o=11314 or send a blank email to leave-11314-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=11317 or send a blank email to leave-11317-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
