Traffic Safety and the DriverExamines deaths, injuries, and property damage from traffic crashes. Evans (research scientist, General Motors Research Labs, Warren, Michigan) applies the methods of science to illuminate the characteristics of these problems--their origin and nature as well as their severity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... less uncertainty than for any other type of loss . This is not to say that fatality data are free from uncertainties and errors . Hutchinson [ 1987 ] documents differences in the total numbers of fatalities indicated in death ...
... less uncertainty than for any other type of loss . This is not to say that fatality data are free from uncertainties and errors . Hutchinson [ 1987 ] documents differences in the total numbers of fatalities indicated in death ...
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... time ) are even greater than the data indicate , because underre- porting of fatalities is likely to be greater when a country is less motorized . As motorization increases , the number of deaths per capita ( INTRODUCTION 3.
... time ) are even greater than the data indicate , because underre- porting of fatalities is likely to be greater when a country is less motorized . As motorization increases , the number of deaths per capita ( INTRODUCTION 3.
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... less severe the injury , the greater is its frequency of occurrence , so the total number of injuries is extremely sensitive to whether or not , say , minor scratches are included . The most widely used injury scale is the Abbreviated ...
... less severe the injury , the greater is its frequency of occurrence , so the total number of injuries is extremely sensitive to whether or not , say , minor scratches are included . The most widely used injury scale is the Abbreviated ...
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... less than 21 years . Strictly speaking , age 20 means those who have been alive for , on average , 20.5 years ; 40 - year olds are not quite twice as old as 20 - year olds , which might come as good news to some ! We use the term car ...
... less than 21 years . Strictly speaking , age 20 means those who have been alive for , on average , 20.5 years ; 40 - year olds are not quite twice as old as 20 - year olds , which might come as good news to some ! We use the term car ...
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... less than some specified low level ( written , for example , p < 0.05 ) to have occurred by chance . While answering such questions may sometimes be important in that grey area between knowing nothing about a subject and the first ...
... less than some specified low level ( written , for example , p < 0.05 ) to have occurred by chance . While answering such questions may sometimes be important in that grey area between knowing nothing about a subject and the first ...
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