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Emergency Department Trends from the Drug Abuse Warning Network, Preliminary Estimates January-June 2002. Drug Abuse Warning Network Series.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office of Applied Studies. – 2002
This publication presents estimates of drug-related emergency department (ED) episodes from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) from 1994 through the first half of 2001. DAWN is an ongoing, national data system that collects information on drug-related visits to EDs from a national probability sample of hospitals. This publication marks a major…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Drug Abuse, Hospitals, Incidence
Statistical Significance: A Misunderstood Concept.
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Markel, William D. – School Science and Mathematics, 1985
The concept of statistical significance is explained, with specific numerical illustrations. (MNS)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Mathematical Concepts, Probability, Research Methodology
An Interesting Application of the Binomial Distribution.
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Newell, G. J.; MacFarlane, J. D. – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1984
Presents an application of the binomial distribution in which the distribution is used to detect differences between the sensory properties of food products. Included is a BASIC computer program listing used to generate triangle and duo-trio test results. (JN)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computer Software, Food, Higher Education
Project MAP Year One Final Report: Pilot-Test of the Model Accounting Plan and Preliminary Results of Expectancy Analyses.
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Rossi, Robert J. – 1987
Project MAP (Model Accounting Plan) is designed to test a demographic system for monitoring the within-school and post-school transitions of special education participants. Implemented at the local level, this system produces data to inform school-level decision-making. In addition, the data that are produced can be aggregated for use at higher…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Data Collection, Decision Making, Disabilities