(WIREs Computational Statistics, 2016-11) McDonald, Gary C.
Nonparametric and parametric subset selection procedures are used in the analysis
of state motor vehicle traffic fatality rates (MVTFRs), for the years 1994
through 2012, to identify subsets of states that contain the ‘best’ (lowest MVTFR)
and ‘worst’ (highest MVTFR) states with a prescribed probability. A new Bayesian
model is developed and applied to the traffic fatality data and the results contrasted
to those obtained with the subset selection procedures. All analyses are
applied within the context of a two-way block design.