Journal article
IS THE SUICIDE RATE A RANDOM WALK?
Psychological reports, v 116(3), pp 983-985
01 Jun 2015
PMID: 25933046
Abstract
The yearly suicide rates for the period 1933-2010 and the daily suicide numbers for 1990 and 1991 were examined for whether the distribution of difference scores (from year to year and from day to day) fitted a normal distribution, a characteristic of stochastic processes that follow a random walk. If the suicide rate were a random walk, then any disturbance to the suicide rate would have a permanent effect and national suicide prevention efforts would likely fail. The distribution of difference scores from day to day (but not the difference scores from year to year) fitted a normal distribution and, therefore, were consistent with a random walk.
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- Title
- IS THE SUICIDE RATE A RANDOM WALK?
- Creators
- Bijou Yang - Drexel UniversityDavid Lester - Stockton UniversityJennifer Lyke - Stockton UniversityRobert Olsen - Stockton University
- Publication Details
- Psychological reports, v 116(3), pp 983-985
- Publisher
- AMMONS SCIENTIFIC, LTD
- Number of pages
- 3
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Economics (School of Economics)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000356154600022
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84930981277
- Other Identifier
- 991019339564004721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary