Citation

Gutiérrez-García JM, Tusell F. Psychol. Rep. 1997; 80(1): 243-250.

Affiliation

Departamento de Estadística y Econometría, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9122334

Abstract

The existence of lunar influence on the frequency of suicide is tested by means of a permutation test. A total of 897 suicide deaths reported by the Anatomical Forensic Institute of Madrid were analyzed by a permutation test, a direct application of Fisher's ideas. Noteworthy in this study are the testing method used and the accuracy of timing of the deaths. Both factors provide firm ground for our conclusion: there appears to be no relationship between lunar phases and suicide.

Language: en