How much more likely? The implications of odds ratios for probabilities

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-266

  Liberman, Akiva M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Odds; Odds ratio; Probability; Relative risk; Risk ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344398877     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214005275825     Document Type: Article

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