Those added households will be a control group to maintain statistical validity, Cole explains.

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Given my analytic bent, I was intrigued that one of the strongest factors in the statistical model between peer social support and mortality was the perception of control.

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Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes.

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