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Regression-Quantile Graduation of Australian Life Tables, 1946 - 1992
with FORTRAN subroutines. Speed is not their primary advantage. Recent work by Steve Portnoy and Roger ... clarifies the relation between He's method and the "direct" method based on the quantile criterion Q. ^ ...- Authors: Esther Portnoy
- Date: Jan 1997
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
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A Closer Look At The Adjustment Coefficient
A Closer Look At The Adjustment Coefficient The adjustment coefficient R plays an important ... httle from the previously calculated values. Direct calculation of Var(l~) would still be very difficult; ...- Authors: Esther Portnoy
- Date: Jan 1990
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Life Insurance>Claims - Life Insurance
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Recent Trends in Mortality Rates by Race
to, utilization of, and expenditures for health care. Another public source is the set of life tables ... attendant problems. Poverty limits access to medical care, interferes with "good" choices about diet and other ...- Authors: Esther Portnoy
- Date: Jan 1991
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Demography>Mortality - Demography; Demography>Population data
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Bivariate Schuette Graduation
Bivariate Schuette Graduation Two-dimensional data can be smoothed by minimizing a combination ... this part of the solution. Clearly, considerable care will be needed to prevent missingthe completion ...- Authors: Esther Portnoy
- Date: Jan 1994
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods