• Absolute risk (or AR) is the probability or chance of an event. It is usually used for the number of events (such as a disease) that occurred in a group...
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    entrepreneurship-based decreasing absolute risk aversion (DARA), constant absolute risk aversion (CARA), and increasing absolute risk aversion (IARA) preferences...
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    I_{u}-I_{e}} . The inverse of the absolute risk reduction is the number needed to treat, and the inverse of the absolute risk increase is the number needed...
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  • economics, and decision theory, hyperbolic absolute risk aversion (HARA): p.39,  : p.389,   refers to a type of risk aversion that is particularly convenient...
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    problematic if the relative risk is presented without the absolute measures, such as absolute risk, or risk difference. In cases where the base rate of the outcome...
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  • that are often used to quantify associations are the relative risk (RR) and the absolute risk reduction (ARR). Often, the parameter of greatest interest...
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    not otherwise have been harmed. It is defined as the inverse of the absolute risk increase, and computed as 1 / ( I e − I u ) {\displaystyle 1/(I_{e}-I_{u})}...
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    case of hyperbolic absolute risk aversion and at the same time is the only class of utility functions with constant relative risk aversion, which is why...
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  • prevent one additional bad outcome. It is defined as the inverse of the absolute risk reduction, and computed as 1 / ( I u − I e ) {\displaystyle 1/(I_{u}-I_{e})}...
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    judgement, such as absolute probability judgement or the Delphi method. Risk evaluation involves comparing estimated levels of risk against risk criteria to...
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    In epidemiology, the relative risk reduction (RRR) or efficacy is the relative decrease in the risk of an adverse event in the exposed group compared...
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  • disease heals spontaneously in only 50 percent of cases. The drug reduces absolute risk by 20 percentage points. Alternatives may be more meaningful to consumers...
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  • epidemiology: Relative risk reduction, the absolute risk reduction by the control event rate Absolute risk reduction, the decrease in risk of a given activity...
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  • relative risk aversion equal to 1 − α > 1. {\displaystyle 1-\alpha >1.} See also the discussion of utility functions having hyperbolic absolute risk aversion...
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    at risk such as diet and exercise. Screening and selection for primary prevention interventions has traditionally been done through absolute risk using...
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  • Risk reduction may refer to: Health Absolute risk reduction or relative risk reduction, statistical descriptors of an intervention. Harm reduction, in...
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  • or relative risk), population attributable risk (PAR), and the relative risk reduction, which can be recalculated into a measure of absolute benefit, called...
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  • in the UK Absolute Software Corporation, specializes in security and data risk management Absolut Vodka, a brand of Swedish vodka Absolute (geometry)...
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    bear country. The absolute risk from bears—even in grizzly (brown bear) country—is so low that bear spray cannot much decrease that risk. Bears are known...
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    elevated relative risk of developing breast cancer, but because the overall incidence of breast cancer in men is so low, the absolute risk is equal to or...
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    average absolute risk increase in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) of 12 events per 10,000 persons. In comparison, the estimated absolute risk reduction...
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  • criterion relies on the accepted economic assumption of decreasing absolute risk aversion. This involves several analytical challenges and a research...
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    Exponential utility (category Financial risk modeling)
    hyperbolic absolute risk aversion utility functions. Exponential utility implies constant absolute risk aversion (CARA), with coefficient of absolute risk aversion...
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  • opposite of indication, which is a reason to use a certain treatment. Absolute contraindications are contraindications for which there are no reasonable...
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  • consistency of the empirical risk minimization can be proved. WMAPE (sometimes spelled wMAPE) stands for weighted mean absolute percentage error. It is a...
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  • Three statistical terms rely on EER for their calculation: absolute risk reduction, relative risk reduction and number needed to treat. The control event...
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  • target risk estimate). Problems can occur when trying to measure absolute risk because it is extremely difficult to determine the actual risk statistic...
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    Personal protective equipment (category Risk management in business)
    policy framework which ranks the types of hazard controls in terms of absolute risk reduction. At the top of the hierarchy are elimination and substitution...
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    thrombophilias, as the absolute risk of thrombotic events is low. If either the woman or a first-degree relative has had thrombosis, the risk of developing thrombosis...
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    significantly increased risk of birth defects overall, although it does increase the odds ratio of tetralogy of Fallot, but the absolute risk is still low. Women...
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