Department of Economics, Pomona College, 425 North College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711, USA.
Percept Mot Skills. 2011 Feb;112(1):55-60. doi: 10.2466/07.PMS.112.1.55-60.
In 2005, Abel and Kruger reported that, compared to the other 10 months of the year, Major League Baseball players are much less likely to commit suicide if they are born in July and much more likely to commit suicide if they are born in August. The data and statistical tests used to support this claim are both incorrect. A correct test applied to the complete, accurate data shows that there is no relationship between birth month and suicide for Major League Baseball players.
2005 年，Abel 和 Kruger 报告称，与一年中的其他 10 个月相比，如果棒球大联盟球员在 7 月出生，他们自杀的可能性要小得多，如果他们在 8 月出生，他们自杀的可能性要大得多。用于支持这一说法的数据和统计检验都是不正确的。对完整、准确的数据应用正确的检验表明，棒球大联盟球员的出生月份与自杀之间没有关系。
