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Article #3976Re: cows and high tension wires
From: Paul Elliott x225
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1989 17:20
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1989 17:20
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> In article <6446@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> jans@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Jan Steinman) writes:
>The latest Science News reported on research that showed statistical
>correlation between leukemia and telephone linemen.[...]
I just saw a newspaper item re: this report. I found it interesting that the
absolute number of cases was 6 or 7 (as I recall). I don't remember if the
sample size was mentioned. Has anyone seen a statistical analysis of the
data (std deviation, chi-squared, etc.)? The number of cases seems pretty
small to draw any strong conclusions.
This is an interesting topic, but much of the reporting on it seems to have
a pretty obvious socio-political axe to grind, so I remain "cautiously
skeptical".
--
Paul M. Elliott Optilink Corporation (707) 795-9444
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!tekbspa!optilink!elliott From: elliott@optilink.UUCP (Paul Elliott x225) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: cows and high tension wires Summary: leukemia report... question Message-ID: <2724@optilink.UUCP> Date: 6 Dec 89 17:20:42 GMT References: <6446@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> <2965@psivax.UUCP> Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA Lines: 18