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Articles by Mathias Barra
Seasonally adjusted birth frequencies follow the Poisson distribution
- Mathias Barra,
- Jonas C. Lindstrøm,
- Samantha S. Adams,
- Liv A. Augestad
15.12.2015:
Being able to estimate the expected number of non-elective births on a given day, and thus how the activity in maternity wards will vary through the week and the year, is a considerable advantage for heads of maternity clinics and other decision-makers in the health services. This will assist in...
Science, numerology and critical sense
- Liv A. Augestad,
- Mathias Barra,
- Samantha Salvesen Adams
15.12.2015:
How can numerology become fact? Neither editorial boards, nor readers, should neglect their own expertise and critical sense, even when reference is made to sophisticated statistical distributions with appurtenant eponyms and the material apparently approved by statisticians. The following is taken...