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Statistical Approach to Quantitative Risk Assessment

Discussion of the Underlying Assumptions

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Quantitative Risk Assessment

Part of the book series: Biomedical Ethics Reviews ((BER))

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The purpose of this report is to provide general information about the statistical steps that are performed in the quantitative risk assessment (QRA) process, along with broad discussion of general QRA objectives, related data-collection requirements, and capabilities and limitations of statistical models and methods.

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  1. Kenneth A. Busch
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  1. Department of Philosophy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Busch, K.A., Meinhardt, T.J., Ballew, M.A. (1987). Statistical Approach to Quantitative Risk Assessment. In: Humber, J.M., Almeder, R.F. (eds) Quantitative Risk Assessment. Biomedical Ethics Reviews. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-656-0_2

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