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A statistical error in Wood & Cook's (1979) ‘Attentional deficit in the siblings of schizophrenics’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Keith Millar  and
Cristine Walder
Keith Millar*
Affiliation:
Behavioural Sciences Section, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital and Medical School, Nottingham
Cristine Walder
Affiliation:
Behavioural Sciences Section, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital and Medical School, Nottingham
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr K. Millar, Behavioural Sciences Section, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital and Medical School, Clifton Boulevard, Nottingham.
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Synopsis

Re-analysis is made of the data from a recent study purporting toshow an attentional deficit in the siblings of schizophrenics when compared with a matched control group. The re-analysis fails to support the previously reported levels of statistical reliability and may question the inferences to be drawn from the study.

Type
Critical Note
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , May 1980 , pp. 381 - 382
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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