The use of grafted polynomials and dummy variables in analyzing time series data

✍ Scribed by David A. Coffman; James A. Clark

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 529 KB
• Volume: 34
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(197804)34:2<420::aid-jclp2270340235>3.0.co;2-h

✦ Synopsis

between death by accident or illness and death by natural causes, za = 14.26, p = .01.

The age of death for all causes for females was 59 years, for males 61.5, both figures less than actuarial life expectancies.

The results of this study do not reflect the cultural concerns or health statistics with regard to causes of death. The obtained data are far less than natural statistics-the vague 8% by cancer, 12% from heart disease category; old age (which implies some benign passing) was most popular, 475%. Individual fantasies appear to be affected minimally by national statistics on cause of death, even to the extent of extending their life expectancies. This study suggests that young Americans continue to insulate themselves from the realities of death by dealing with it most often in a benign form, if at all.