Discrete distributions when modeling the disability severity score of motor victims

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2041-2049

  Boucher, Jean Philippe ^a   Santolino, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disability rating scale; Generalized method of moments; Hurdle discrete data models; Personal injuries; Zero inflated distribution

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PRODUCT LIABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DISCRETE DATA; GENERALIZED METHOD OF MOMENTS; PERSONAL INJURIES; RATING SCALE; ZERO-INFLATED;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78049356071     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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