{"title":"The Proper Calculation of Risk Ratios: How and Why.","authors":"M Christopher Newland","doi":"10.1007/s40614-024-00423-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A recent article (Joslyn, P. R., & Morris, S. L. in <i>Perspectives on Behavior Science</i>, 47(1), 167-196, 2024) advocates the use of risk ratios, or relative risk, in behavior analysis. The authors present a strong case for the use of risk ratios and how they might improve the science and application of behavior analysis. Unfortunately, their computation of the risk ratio is incorrect and their examples gloss over important nuances in how risk ratios should be used. The present article corrects the calculations, describes how to determine whether a particular risk ratio differs from a reference group, comments on the importance of stability of the data entering the calculation, and demonstrates approaches to presenting them visually, such as Forest plots.</p>","PeriodicalId":44993,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives on Behavior Science","volume":"47 4","pages":"803-814"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11582282/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Perspectives on Behavior Science","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-024-00423-3","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/12/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A recent article (Joslyn, P. R., & Morris, S. L. in Perspectives on Behavior Science, 47(1), 167-196, 2024) advocates the use of risk ratios, or relative risk, in behavior analysis. The authors present a strong case for the use of risk ratios and how they might improve the science and application of behavior analysis. Unfortunately, their computation of the risk ratio is incorrect and their examples gloss over important nuances in how risk ratios should be used. The present article corrects the calculations, describes how to determine whether a particular risk ratio differs from a reference group, comments on the importance of stability of the data entering the calculation, and demonstrates approaches to presenting them visually, such as Forest plots.
最近的一篇文章（Joslyn, P. R., & Morris, S. L. in Perspectives on Behavior Science, 47(1), 167-196, 2024）提倡在行为分析中使用风险比率或相对风险。作者提出了使用风险比率的有力论据，以及如何使用风险比率改进行为分析的科学性和应用性。遗憾的是，他们对风险比率的计算并不正确，他们的例子也掩盖了如何使用风险比率的重要细微差别。本文纠正了计算错误，介绍了如何确定特定风险比值是否不同于参照组，评论了计算数据稳定性的重要性，并演示了森林图等直观展示风险比值的方法。
期刊介绍：
Perspectives on Behavior Science is an official publication of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. It is published quarterly, and in addition to its articles on theoretical, experimental, and applied topics in behavior analysis, this journal also includes literature reviews, re-interpretations of published data, and articles on behaviorism as a philosophy.
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