Caveats concerning the use of computer random-number generators to select urban transportation system employees for drug tests

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 481-489

  Gleason, John M ^a   Barnum, Darold T ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MICROCOMPUTERS; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL TESTS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL; URBAN PLANNING;

COMPUTER RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS; DRUG TEST; RANDOM SELECTION PROCESS; RANDOMNESS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM EMPLOYEES;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0027698839     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0198-9715(93)90047-9     Document Type: Article

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