MEDICAL STATISTICS REGARDING COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS

Abstract

In this paper we exploit a new correlation coefficient ρX1 for pairs of discrete‐valued lung function parameters X1, X2 based on the expected maximal probability of predicting an Xj value given any Xi value. Then, for X1, X2 representing two different lung function parameters one can use ρX1, ρX2 in order to measure the strength of predicting Xi from Xj. E(max.g(y/X)) is a reasonable replacement for the information entropy function when dealing with discrete‐valued random variables X, Y. (In the Appendix and Program MX = X1 and KY = X2.)

Citation

RINE, D. (1974), "MEDICAL STATISTICS REGARDING COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS", Kybernetes, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 147-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005364