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Are accidents poisson distributed? A statistical test by Alan Nicholson; Yiik-Diew Wong is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Are accidents poisson distributed? A statistical test about?
The common and convenient assumption in accident count analysis, that accidents are Poisson-distributed, is reexamined. Two statistical tests, for evaluating the assumption are described and compared. It is shown that a test based upon a combinatorial analysis is much more accurate than the alternative chi-square test when accident counts are expected to be small. The more accurate test is used to reinterpret data on accident count variability, the results indicating that the Poisson distribution is appropriate for the analysis of accidents at individual sites.
Who reads Are accidents poisson distributed? A statistical test?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Engineering.
- Author
- Alan Nicholson; Yiik-Diew Wong
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0001-4575)
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Engineering (Physical Sciences)