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Impact of Age on “Women and Children First” Norm During Disasters
In the previous post, In Life and Death Situations Does the Norm “Women and Children First” Hold?, I summarized research indicating women do not have a survival advantage over men in maritime disasters. After reading the study I began to … Continue reading
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Tagged age, disasters, gender, logistic regression, mortality, social norm, survival, women and children first
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Odds and Probabilities of Surviving the Titanic Disaster
In just a few days (April 15) we will recognize the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, causing the loss of 1514 people. I have seen research on factors related to surviving the disaster but I decided to … Continue reading
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Tagged gender, logistic regression, odds, probabilities, socio-economic status, survival, Titanic
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