Relative Danger
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Along the way, he meets a stately museum curator and a stunning heiress, among other exotic characters. This book has it all. A contender for my annual top 10 list, I loved this book! Nov 25, Morgan Allison rated it really liked it. I decided to read the book because the author was paying a special visit to the school I work at.
On the next page, you can read about Examples of Risk Increasing and Decreasing. Nov 25, Morgan Allison rated it really liked it. May 19, Mary rated it really liked it. Since risk ratio is a more intuitive measure of effectiveness, the distinction is important especially in cases of medium to high probabilities. Flitting from Casablanca to Cairo to Singapore, Doug meets plenty of English-speaking people and lands in amusing and far-fetched situations which seem not to bother him a bit. This book deals with a young man who is dispatched to Casablanca, Cairo, and finally Singapore to conduct research on his Uncle Russ, the black sheep of the family who was murdered in Singapore.
I had read his young adult book "You" and figured I should read something for an adult audience as well. I was suprised and how quickly I was hooked by the story line. I love a good mystery and, although I knew one of the main characters had to be the "bad guy" I truly couldn't figure it out until the very end of the story.
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Apr 01, Scott rated it it was amazing Shelves: Mystery, adventure, travel, intrigue This was an amazing book that I could not put down and made me a fan of Charles Benoit for life. I recommend this book to a ton of people and I have not met a person yet who didn't love it.
Mar 02, Jack rated it really liked it. The main character, Doug is likable and the author surrounds him with an interesting cast of outrageous characters. A good read for an afternoon in a hammock! Feb 02, Julie Pentacoff rated it liked it.
I remember it was Okay, but not good enough to listen to twice. Nov 26, Pam rated it really liked it Shelves: Later, Singapore police were able to match this bullet to the 7. Doug Pearce has worked for the brewery for 18 yrs and never ventured very far from his home of Pottsville, PA. When he is suddenly laid off he receives a mysterious summons from Edna in Toronto.
Edna is convinced that there is more to Russell Pearce's murder than has been disclosed and pays for Doug to travel and discover the truth. Doug sets out on an exotic adventure to Morocco, Egypt, and Singapore to follow the clues that led to the final days of Uncle Russell's life. As an avid reader of international thrillers, I must say that this book, in my opinion, is the best of its type I've read to date. This book has everything I look for - a central character who holds my interest - international travel - and a realistic plot. Like Doug, the hero, I'm easily distracted; and poor writing and bad editing distract me from a good read.
I found neither throughout Relative Danger. The character and plot development are as good as the continuity; and every sentence makes As an avid reader of international thrillers, I must say that this book, in my opinion, is the best of its type I've read to date. The character and plot development are as good as the continuity; and every sentence makes sense. All the words are spelled correctly, and the punctuation is done well.
Relative Danger Charles Benoit. In Pottsville, Pennsylvania, young Doug Pearce, just fired from his steady job in the brewery, has never strayed far from home. Benoit's smashingly good, action-packed first novel leads Douglas Pearce, a young brewery worker from Pottstown, Pa., on a quest for information about his.
Seems as if the only editing issues I have are the lack if errors, which made my experience beneficial. I like how Mr. Benoit has left no loose ends; a job well done. Jun 09, Todd Stockslager rated it liked it Shelves: First novel for PA native Benoit, whose effort is made more endearing to me for its occasional references to the Pirates, Steelers, and Three Rivers Stadium. Otherwise, however, this is just a bit better than pedestrian first outing, with an unbelievable plot, too many red herrings that require too much dialogic explication at the end, and wooden and overheated attempts at passionate relationships.
On the good side, the plots moves quickly and the fast pace keeps the reader engaged and helps them First novel for PA native Benoit, whose effort is made more endearing to me for its occasional references to the Pirates, Steelers, and Three Rivers Stadium. On the good side, the plots moves quickly and the fast pace keeps the reader engaged and helps them overlook some of the holes. This is a writer who could get better with practice. Nov 29, Jeanne rated it it was ok. Hapless schlub Doug Pearce goes on a multi-country search to find out the truth behind his uncle's death.
Flitting from Casablanca to Cairo to Singapore, Doug meets plenty of English-speaking people and lands in amusing and far-fetched situations which seem not to bother him a bit.
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Pretty unrealistic but amusing. Dec 01, james rated it liked it. This is the 2nd book I've read by this author. Both deal with naive Americans in foreign countries on unusual quests.
This book deals with a young man who is dispatched to Casablanca, Cairo, and finally Singapore to conduct research on his Uncle Russ, the black sheep of the family who was murdered in Singapore. Mar 23, Joel Roberts rated it it was ok.
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Sep 08, Neil Plakcy rated it liked it. Loved the start of this book, and it's certainly well-written. But the nebbishy main character just didn't excite me. Great locations and intrigue but I skipped to the end, read the last chapters and didn't feel like I missed much. Dec 14, Bernadette Russell rated it really liked it. Very relatable and likable main character that you can't help but root for.
The story was at times a little slow, but not annoyingly so. I listened to it on audio book and was impressed by the number of different voices and accents used. Jan 20, Sarah rated it it was ok Shelves: Sometimes, when the author creates characters whom I both dislike and am also annoyed by, I just abandon a book. Dec 06, Karen rated it liked it. Just good enough so I would finish it. Dec 30, Beverly added it.
The reluctant hero travels around the world. I think the author captured the flavor of each city. I saw the author at Bouchercon and he was very funny. Mar 14, Janet rated it liked it. Jul 20, Steve rated it it was amazing. Risk ratio is used in the statistical analysis of the data of experimental , cohort and cross-sectional studies, to estimate the strength of the association between treatments or risk factors, and outcome. Assuming the causal effect between the exposure and the outcome, values of RR can be interpreted as follows:.
Risk ratio is commonly used to present the results of randomized controlled trials. Equivalently, in the case when the base rate of the outcome is high, values of the risk ratio close to 1 may still result in a significant effect and can be underestimated.
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Thus, presentation of both absolute and relative measures is recommended. Risk ratio can be estimated from a 2x2 contingency table:. To find the confidence interval around the RR itself, the two bounds of the above confidence interval can be exponentiated.
In regression models, the exposure is typically included as a indicator variable along with other factors that may affect risk. The risk ratio is usually reported as calculated for the mean of the sample values of the explanatory variables. Risk ratio is different from the odds ratio , although it asymptotically approaches it for small probabilities of outcomes.
Thus, under the rare disease assumption.
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In epidemiological research, the odds ratio is commonly used for case-control studies , as the risk ratio cannot be estimated. In fact, the odds ratio has much broader use in statistics, since logistic regression , often associated with clinical trials , works with the log of the odds ratio, not risk ratio. Because the natural log of the odds of a record is estimated as a linear function of the explanatory variables, the estimated odds ratio for year-olds and year-olds associated with the type of treatment would be the same in logistic regression models where the outcome is associated with drug and age, although the risk ratio might be significantly different.
In cases like this, statistical models of the odds ratio often reflect the underlying mechanisms more efficiently. Since risk ratio is a more intuitive measure of effectiveness, the distinction is important especially in cases of medium to high probabilities. If action A carries a risk of In statistical modelling, approaches like poisson regression for counts of events per unit exposure have risk ratio interpretations: Logistic regression for binary outcomes, or counts of successes out of a number of trials must be interpreted in odds-ratio terms: Risk ratio can be written as.
This way the risk ratio can be interpreted in Bayesian terms as the posterior ratio of the exposure i. If on the other hand, the posterior ratio of exposure is smaller or higher than that of the prior ratio, then the disease has changed the view of the exposure danger, and the magnitude of this change is the risk ratio. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.