Department of Economics, Pomona College, 425 North College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711, USA.
Percept Mot Skills. 2011 Feb;112(1):211-6. doi: 10.2466/05.PMS.112.1.211-216.
Abel and Kruger (2007) reported that Major League Baseball players whose names have positive initials (such as ACE or GOD) live an average of 13 years longer than do players with negative initials (such as ASS or BAD) or players with neutral initials (such as GHR or TSW). However, this conclusion is based on a very small sample, selective initials, and a flawed statistical test. There is no statistically significant relationship between initials and longevity for Major League Baseball players when a correct test is applied to independently selected initials.
阿贝尔和克鲁格（2007 年）报告称，名字首字母为正面的美国职棒大联盟球员（如 ACE 或 GOD）比名字首字母为负面的球员（如 ASS 或 BAD）或首字母为中性的球员（如 GHR 或 TSW）的平均寿命长 13 年。然而，这个结论是基于一个非常小的样本、有选择性的首字母和一个有缺陷的统计测试。当正确的测试应用于独立选择的首字母时，首字母与美国职棒大联盟球员的寿命之间没有统计学上的显著关系。
