The dirty war index: statistical issues, feasibility, and interpretation

Nathan Taback

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050248

The dirty war index: statistical issues, feasibility, and interpretation

PLoS Med. 2008 Dec 16;5(12):e248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050248.

Author

Nathan Taback¹

Affiliation

¹ Dalla Lanna School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [email protected]

Abstract

Nathan Taback discusses statistical limitations of a new tool, the Dirty War Index, which measures rates of particularly undesirable ("dirty") outcomes inflicted on populations during armed conflict.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Feasibility Studies
Female
Health Status Indicators*
Human Rights
Humans
Internationality / legislation & jurisprudence*
Mass Casualty Incidents / statistics & numerical data
Military Personnel / statistics & numerical data
Public Health / statistics & numerical data
Rape / statistics & numerical data
Reproducibility of Results
Selection Bias
Warfare* / ethics