The spokesman stressed that the paper did not prove that soft drink consumption caused tooth erosion - it just highlighted a statistical association.
Small numbers are inherently volatile when it comes to statistical association.
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Statisticians, statistical groups and several groups that use the data have lined up in opposition to the bill, including the American Statistical Association and the American Association for Public Opinion Research, a professional organization of pollsters.
Nevertheless, the association or statistical correlation between the two as revealed by StubHub is so interesting that it requires some further exploration.
But this latest edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, or DSM-5, will only make a bad situation worse because it will lower many diagnostic thresholds and increase the number of people in the general population seen as having a mental illness.
Instead of evaluating the meritorious careers of the candidates on the ballot by thoroughly studying their statistical achievements and contributions, the Baseball Writers Association of America is now wrestling with the moral conundrum of sifting through a laundry list of confirmed, accused or rumored cheaters by using the subjective criteria of sportsmanship, integrity and character.
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Meanwhile, the title of "Captain Clutch" should go to Cleveland's Kyrie Irving, according to the National Basketball Association's new in-depth statistical website, which is set to launch on NBA.com Friday.
He argues that if "caregiver syndrome" were listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (a text published by the American Psychiatric Association that defines all mental health disorders) it could stigmatize those that have it.
To be diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder, you must meet criteria spelled out in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association.
To be diagnosed with atypical depression, you must meet the symptom criteria spelled out in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association.
Things will not improve with the American Psychiatric Association's release this week of the fifth edition of its famed Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
They enlisted one of their fellows to do a statistical analysis, and published a Sept. 2001 paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association calling for an investigation into potential heart risks caused by Vioxx and Celebrex, a competing drug from Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ).
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