I could only read the little yahoo clip, but this sentence confuses me: "When social and health behavior was taken into account -- factors like education, occupation and alcohol consumption -- smoking still appeared to contribute to a drop in cognitive function of just less than 1 percent."
Is a drop of "just" less than 1% meaningful? significant? "marginally significant" Does anyone with access to the full article have a fuller interpretation of that statement? Annette Quoting Christopher Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Intersting study in New Scientist. Here's a teaser: "Smokers performed > significantly worse in five different cognitive tests than did both > former smokers and those who had never smoked." > http://news.yahoo.com/news? tmpl=story&cid=571&u=/nm/20041208/hl_nm/health_smoking_dc&printer=1 > > <http://news.yahoo.com/news? tmpl=story&cid=571&u=/nm/20041208/hl_nm/health_smoking_dc&printer=1> > > -- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo > Office: 416-736-5115 ext. 66164 > Fax: 416-736-5814 > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
