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Response to commentary: Ethical dimensions of the BEIP
Author(s) -
ZEANAH CHARLES H.,
KOGA SEBASTIAN F.,
SIMION BOGDAN,
STANESCU ALIN,
TABACARU CRISTIAN L.,
FOX NATHAN A.,
NELSON CHARLES A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/imhj.20117
Subject(s) - library science , state (computer science) , political science , computer science , algorithm
We appreciate the thoughtful commentary on our paper that Dr. Wassenaar provided and welcome the opportunity to address several concerns raised in it. Because of space limitations, we did not cover all aspects of the study in the article, and we are pleased to have an opportunity to clarify several points here. Although noting that randomized controlled trials RCTs are the gold standard of intervention studies, Dr. Wassenaar raised two concerns about the scientific validity of the BEIP study. The first concerned “lack of” blind ratings, and the second, questions about the sample size. In case other readers share this concern, we will describe the steps that we took to ensure objective assessments for each of the measures that we obtained, and we will address the issue of sample size. First, all measures of brain functioning, including electroencephalograms EEGs and