Introduction I’ve been working my way through Fraud and Fraud Detection (Gee, 2014), a 2014 book by Sunder Gee intended for accountants and auditors (but valuable to the rest of us!) The book goes through statistical tests that can be used on sales, purchases, expense reports, payroll, and other data sources in order to detect…
Tag: statistics
Scales of Measurement
Introduction This post is part of a series I’ve been chipping away at, where I teach basic statistics and probability. The other posts in the series include: Measures of Central Tendency Frequency Distributions Dispersion and Variability (Standard Deviation) Z-Scores Z-Test Hypothesis Testing Correlation (Calculating Pearson’s r) Least-Squares Regression Statistical Coding and Classification Variables are the…
Suicide Facts and Figures for Presentations
Introduction For those of you who don’t use it, the website Quora is an absolute goldmine for information on a wide variety of topics. It allows you to ask and answer questions by individuals who all use their real names, and who have to identify their area of expertise (their reason for knowing the answer.)…
Suicide and Religion
Introduction Studies on the connection between religion and suicide have led to mixed results. Some studies indicated higher levels of suicidality, no relation or reduced risk. Many of the studies that indicated a relationship (either positive or negative), had mediators attached – such as that individuals who were more religious were less likely to attempt…
Suicide Awareness Presentation
Introduction The following is a presentation I prepared in 2012 on Suicide Awareness for delivery at Durham College. It’s just been sitting on my hard drive since then, so I’ve made it available for other organizations that wish to provide suicide awareness presentations. The content is reproduced below, and you can download the slides here. Although the…