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A MARKOV CHAINS MODEL OF MEDICAL SPECIALTY CHOICE.
- Source :
- Journal of Mathematical Sociology; 1974, Vol. 3 Issue 2, p259, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 1974
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Abstract
- Data from 118 members of three consecutive cohorts of students at a private Southern medical school are employed to develop a discrete parameter stationary Markov chains model of the medical specialty choice process. This model was then tested on independent subsamples from the same population, generating a series of predicted specialty choices which did not differ from observed choices by more .than chance expectations. Suggestions for future research, beyond the present demonstration of the utility of a simple Markovian model of a choice process, are offered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022250X
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Mathematical Sociology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9946974
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0022250X.1974.9989838