I think it is a horse, and it is supposed to be kicking a Prussian
soldier to death. This is an allusion to the famous study by Ladislaus
Von Bortkiewycz, who showed that the number of men in a Prussian
regiment kicked to death by horses in a year was sampled from a
distribution close to a Poisson. This is as we would expect, if there
are a large number of soldiers, all statistically independent, but each
with a small probability of being kicked to death by a horse.
I hope this helps.
Best wishes
Roger
Roger Newson
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group
National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College London
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Subject: st: A drawing in Stata Journal
Hi all,
This is not a too serious question. Some days ago, I noticed a small
square drawing in the cover of my SJ copy, just below the black bar with
the lemma "Promoting ....". It seems there is a horse depicted in the
picture (or is it a bull?).
Does anyone want to tell me the story of this picture?
Thanks in advance,
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Juan Ramon Lacalle Remigio
Unidad de Bioestadistica
Dpto Medicina Preventiva y Salud Publica
Universidad de Sevilla
Avda Sanchez Pizjuan s.n. 41009 Sevilla
Spain
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