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Measurements described in a paper by Blackman, Blanchard, Benane, and House are statistically invalid
Author(s) -
Adair Robert K.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1996)17:6<510::aid-bem12>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - statistical analysis , statistics , mathematics , computer science
Blackman et al. [1994] describe an experiment that purports to show that weak 45 Hz magnetic fields inhibit the growth of neurites from PC‐12 cells treated with a growth stimulation factor. I present a statistical analysis of the data in that paper that shows that the data were corrupted in some way; hence, the results are invalid. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.