Stats for journalists
Jan. 15th, 2004 08:52 amA CNN article reports on a one-third increase in the suicide rate among soldiers in Iraq.
( But what does that <I>mean</I>? )
Edit: This article gives some different numbers - a similar total for suicides, but given as a much higher rate, presumably calculated on a different number of person-years. If those numbers are correct then the difference from peacetime would be statistically significant... anybody have a good source for person-years?
But one way or another, the CNN article is still dodgy.
( But what does that <I>mean</I>? )
Edit: This article gives some different numbers - a similar total for suicides, but given as a much higher rate, presumably calculated on a different number of person-years. If those numbers are correct then the difference from peacetime would be statistically significant... anybody have a good source for person-years?
But one way or another, the CNN article is still dodgy.