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Ian Savage

Northwestern University
Verified email at northwestern.edu
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Asymptotic normality and efficiency of certain nonparametric test statistics

H Chernoff, IR Savage - The Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 1958 - JSTOR
Let X_1,⋯,X_m and Y_1,⋯,Y_n be ordered observations from the absolutely continuous
cumulative distribution functions F(x) and G(x) respectively. If z_Ni=1 when the i th smallest …

Contributions to the theory of rank order statistics-the two-sample case

IR Savage - The Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 1956 - JSTOR
1. Introduction. The idea of a statistical test of a hypothesis and the related concepts
introduced by Neyman and Pearson have served as a model for much of modern statistics …

Care homes' use of medicines study: prevalence, causes and potential harm of medication errors in care homes for older people

…, S Garfield, B Jesson, R Lim, I Savage… - BMJ Quality & …, 2009 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Introduction: Care home residents are at particular risk from medication errors, and our
objective was to determine the prevalence and potential harm of prescribing, monitoring …

Demographic influences on risk perceptions

I Savage - Risk analysis, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past 15 years, psychologists have empirically investigated how people perceive
technological, consumer, and natural hazards. The psychometric‐attitudes to risk being …

A statistical model of the gross analysis of transaction flows

IR Savage, KW Deutsch - Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society, 1960 - JSTOR
This model is applicable to the flow of any kind of quantifiable transactions, and to matrices
from three to more than one hundred actors, utlizing a 650 IBM electronic computer or …

Comparing the fatality risks in United States transportation across modes and over time

I Savage - Research in transportation economics, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper analyzes the transportation fatality risk in the United States. The analysis is in two
parts. The first part compares the relative risks of the different modes based on data for the …

We are the experts: people with asthma talk about their medicine information needs

DK Raynor, I Savage, P Knapp, J Henley - Patient education and …, 2004 - Elsevier
People with chronic illness are being encouraged to become more involved in their care. For
this, they need to be well informed about their medicines, and more written medicines …

Beneficial effect of nadolol on anxiety-induced disturbances of performance in musicians: a comparison with diazepam and placebo

I James, I Savage - American heart journal, 1984 - Elsevier
The effects of 40 mg nadolol versus 2 mg diazepam on performance anxiety of 33 young
music students were determined. The study had a double-blind, crossover design and was …

[PDF][PDF] Probability inequalities of the Tchebycheff type

IR Savage - Journal of Research of the National Bureau of …, 1961 - nvlpubs.nist.gov
1. Background The author originally prepared this survey and bibliography of probability
inequalities of the Tchebycheff type, early in 1952, for convenient reference within the …

Nonparametric statistics

IR Savage - Journal of the American Statistical Association, 1957 - Taylor & Francis
STATISTICAL procedures whose validity does not depend on the underlying random
variables having a special form, such as Gaussian, are known as distribution-free or …