Public Policy and Statistics: Case Studies from Rand (Hardcover, 2000)

From the contents: How to Apply Statistics to Public Policy Problems - Challenges in Designing and Analyzing Social Experiments: School-Based Drug Prevention - The Health Insurance Experiment Design with the Finite Selection Model - Sampling Difficult Populations - Developing and Applying Effective Data Graphics: Supply Delays for F-14 Jet Engine Repair Parts - Is There Periodicity in the Global Mean Temperature Series?- Assessing the Statistical Evidence of Racial Bias in Capital Cases - Are Impaired Physicians More Malpractice-Prone?- Comparing Hospital Mortality Rates: Adjusting For Casemix and Sample Size - Reconciling Eye Care Provider Supply and Demand - Evaluating Block Grant Formulae: Estimating the Need for Substance Abuse Treatment by State