Posted by Squiggles on May 9, 2006, at 16:57:46
In reply to Re: Statistical question on SSRIs, posted by linkadge on May 9, 2006, at 16:52:26
> "What was found was that there was a "significant change in slope" (a reduction) of the suicide rate, following the introduction of SSRI meds. A change in slope can only be caused by a change in the independant variables"
>Sorry, is this a quote from the Healy paper?
And when you describe a slope ( i guess that
is on a statistical graph ) as possible only
by independent variables - what would those
be? Are they typical of this clinical study
alone?Squiggles
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