Introduction There are a variety of sources related to Canadian suicide statistics, but no source effectively summarizes all of the statistics, with graphs and charts, and links back to the original citation. The purpose of this article is to provide the most up-to-date information on suicide by method, gender, province, age-range, and other characteristics. The most…
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Z-Test Hypothesis Testing
Introduction The Z-test is a simple tool for hypothesis testing that can be used to identify whether a mean result, when compared to a larger set is statistically significant when the larger set is a normal distribution. Many datasets (for instance population height, test scores, etc.) have normal distributions. If you’re unsure whether your dataset has…
Statistical Coding and Classification
Introduction to Classification Oftentimes when performing research or intelligence analysis, the first step is to classify the available data. Classification provides a number of benefits that make later analysis easier. For one, they allow you to infer other qualities based on all items in a class sharing similar properties. For instance, knowing that mammals have…
Understanding and Preventing Male Suicide
Introduction Suicide is a significant public health issue in most countries. Suicide rates have been constant in the US and Canada, with some age and risk categories experiencing reduced suicide rates while increased suicide rates in other age groups and risk categories have made up the difference. Male suicide has been commonly overlooked as suicide has…
Predicting Your Helpline Call Answer Rate
One role of helpline managers is to manage their workers so that they can answer the most calls possible within the available resources. Even helplines that run 24-hours and have 100% coverage can’t answer 100% of the calls that come in if they have more callers calling in than workers available. Using a system like Chronicall…