The sensitivity of estimates of regression to the mean

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 861-868

  Maher, Mike ^a   Mountain, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Predictive accident models; Regression to mean; Traffic safety; WinBUGS

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN METHODS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; PREDICTIVE ACCIDENT MODELS; REGRESSION-TO-MEAN; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WINBUGS;

ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ESTIMATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BAYES THEOREM; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY;

EID: 67349122884     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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