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Latent structure models applied to the joint distribution of drivers' injuries in road accidents
Author(s) -
HUTCHINSON T. P.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
statistica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1467-9574
pISSN - 0039-0402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9574.1977.tb00757.x
Subject(s) - joint probability distribution , statistics , joint (building) , road accident , distribution (mathematics) , traffic accident , transport engineering , mathematics , computer science , forensic engineering , econometrics , engineering , structural engineering , mathematical analysis
Summary The joint occurrence of the seventies of injury sustained by the two drivers in collisions between two vehicles of equal mass is considered. The positive correlation between them is explained by the speed of the accident, which is not recorded in national accident statistics and thus is ‘latent’.