Regression to the mean: Elephant in the living room or the delusions of a Swedish student 'out bicycling'?

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-5

  Babor, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drugs; Elephants; Regression to the mean; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; GRADUATE STUDENT; INTERNAL VALIDITY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 36849088994     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02035.x     Document Type: Editorial

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