Posted by Larry Hoover on May 9, 2006, at 17:21:21
In reply to Statistical question on SSRIs - Psychobabble says » linkadge, posted by Squiggles on May 9, 2006, at 16:57:46
> > "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"
> >
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> Sorry, is this a quote from the Healy paper?What you've got there is a me quoting the Sweden population study authors.
> 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?
>
> SquigglesA plot of "all cause suicide deaths" against "total population" for consecutive time periods would yield a graph where the first derivative, the slope, is equal to the rate.
The rate was stable over two periods of time, but different, one from the other. One time period of stable rate preceded the stable rate seen around the time of the SSRIs. Inferences were drawn.
Lar
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