Table 2 Summary of significance test for debris-flow events in nine provinces from Dataset 1

From: The nocturnal occurrence of debris flows: evidence from western China

Province

Total event N

Nocturnal event X

Calculated frequency p

Standard error SE

95% confidence interval

Expected frequency p0

P-value

Gansu

8

8

100.0%

0.0%

[68.4%, 100.0%]

50.0%

7.80 × 10−3

Guangxi

6

5

83.3%

15.0%

[47.8%, 99.1%]

0.21

Guizhou

7

5

71.4%

17.0%

[29.0%, 96.3%]

0.45

Shaanxi

10

7

70.0%

14.0%

[34.8%, 94.3%]

0.34

Sichuan

194

153

78.9%

2.9%

[72.4%, 84.4%]

2.10 × 10−16

Tibet

8

5

62.5%

17.0%

[24.5%, 91.5%]

0.70

Xinjiang

7

5

71.4%

17.0%

[29.0%, 96.3%]

0.45

Yunnan

48

32

66.7%

6.8%

[51.6%, 79.6%]

0.03

Chongqing

7

4

57.1%

18.7%

[18.4%, 90.1%]

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