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Single case designs (SCDs) are short time series that assess intervention effects by measuring units repeatedly over time both in the presence and absence of treatment. For a variety of reasons, interest in the statistical analysis and meta-analysis of these designs has been growing in recent years. This paper proposes modeling SCD data with Generalized Additive Models (GAMs), a semi-parametric method from which it is possible to estimate the functional form of trend directly from the data, arguably capturing the true functional form better than ordinary least squares regression methods in which the researcher must decide which functional form to impose on the data. Generalized Additive Models provide a flexible way to model SCD data, allowing the data to inform the researcher both as to whether significant trend or trend treatment interaction exists, as well as which of those terms need nonlinear representations and which can remain linear. Tables and figures are appended.

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert