Heterogeneity's ruses: some surprising effects of selection on population dynamics.
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Vaupel, JW; Yashin, AI
Published in: The American statistician
August 1985
"As a cohort of people, animals, or machines ages, the individuals at highest risk tend to die or exit first. This differential selection can produce patterns of mortality for the population as a whole that are surprisingly different from the patterns for subpopulations or individuals. Naive acceptance of observed population patterns may lead to erroneous policy recommendations if an intervention depends on the response of individuals. Furthermore, because patterns at the individual level may be simpler than composite population patterns, both theoretical and empirical research may be unnecessarily complicated by failure to recognize the effects of heterogeneity."
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The American statistician
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1537-2731
ISSN
0003-1305
Publication Date
August 1985
Volume
39
Issue
3
Start / End Page
176 / 185
Related Subject Headings
- Survival Rate
- Statistics as Topic
- Statistics & Probability
- Research
- Public Policy
- Population Dynamics
- Population Characteristics
- Population
- Mortality
- Longevity
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Vaupel, J. W., & Yashin, A. I. (1985). Heterogeneity's ruses: some surprising effects of selection on population dynamics. The American Statistician, 39(3), 176–185. https://doi.org/10.2307/2683925
Vaupel, J. W., and A. I. Yashin. “Heterogeneity's ruses: some surprising effects of selection on population dynamics.” The American Statistician 39, no. 3 (August 1985): 176–85. https://doi.org/10.2307/2683925.
Vaupel JW, Yashin AI. Heterogeneity's ruses: some surprising effects of selection on population dynamics. The American statistician. 1985 Aug;39(3):176–85.
Vaupel, J. W., and A. I. Yashin. “Heterogeneity's ruses: some surprising effects of selection on population dynamics.” The American Statistician, vol. 39, no. 3, Aug. 1985, pp. 176–85. Epmc, doi:10.2307/2683925.
Vaupel JW, Yashin AI. Heterogeneity's ruses: some surprising effects of selection on population dynamics. The American statistician. 1985 Aug;39(3):176–185.
Published In
The American statistician
DOI
EISSN
1537-2731
ISSN
0003-1305
Publication Date
August 1985
Volume
39
Issue
3
Start / End Page
176 / 185
Related Subject Headings
- Survival Rate
- Statistics as Topic
- Statistics & Probability
- Research
- Public Policy
- Population Dynamics
- Population Characteristics
- Population
- Mortality
- Longevity