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Biometrika 1979 66(1):191-193; doi:10.1093/biomet/66.1.191
© 1979 by Biometrika Trust
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A note on the intervals between coal-mining disasters

R. G. JARRETT

C.S.I.R.O. Division of Mathematics & Statistics Melbourne

The data given by Maguire, Pearson & Wynn (1952) on the time intervals between successive coal-mining disasters involving 10 or more men killed have been found to contain a number of errors. The original numbers have been quoted and used by a number of authors. The present note corrects the errors in the original paper and extends the data set to cover 191 disasters between 1851 and 1962.

Key Words: Interval • Point process • Poisson process • Series of events • Trend


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