Distributions of coital rates and of fecundability

Bibliographic Data

ID5958027
AuthorsWilliam H James, William James (0000-0002-3273-4688, Medical Research Council, corresponding author)
Year1981
Volume28
Issue3-4
Pages334-341
Publication date1981-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBiodemography and Social Biology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1948-5565 • E-ISSN: 1948-5573
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19485565.1981.9988470
PMID7349708
OpenAlexW2035753670
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

Attempts have been made to fit distributions of conception waits on the assumption that fecundability is distributed as a Pearson Type I beta distribution. Since the fits were unsatisfactory (Majumdar and Sheps, 1970), the question arises whether fecundability is distributed as a Type III. If it were, then the probability of coitus should also be distributed as a Type III, and distributions of coital rates should be better fitted by the negative binomial than by Skellam's distribution. The data available for such fits have been briefly reviewed here and fits attempted. There is some slight evidence in favor of the hypothesis, but more data are needed before the question can be decisively answered

Fertility · Gynecology · Population · Statistics · Attention Economy in Education and Business · Demography · Human Behavior and Motivation · Mathematics · Medicine

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