{"title":"How to find nothing 2.0.","authors":"David Hemenway","doi":"10.1057/s41271-024-00538-6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Various problematic statistical approaches can be used in regression analyses to help find no significant relationship between explanatory variables and response variables-\"to find nothing.\" In an earlier paper, I provided examples of finding nothing from firearm studies, focusing on the lack of statistical power. In this Viewpoint, I offer three examples of \"finding nothing\" from firearms research and focus on a single hypothesis-that household gun ownership levels affect suicide rates, examining one type of evidence-cross-sectional ecological studies. I discuss studies examining variations in suicide rates across US states, US cities, and nations, highlighting the work of the one firearm researcher who continually \"finds nothing.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":50070,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Health Policy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Public Health Policy","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41271-024-00538-6","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Various problematic statistical approaches can be used in regression analyses to help find no significant relationship between explanatory variables and response variables-"to find nothing." In an earlier paper, I provided examples of finding nothing from firearm studies, focusing on the lack of statistical power. In this Viewpoint, I offer three examples of "finding nothing" from firearms research and focus on a single hypothesis-that household gun ownership levels affect suicide rates, examining one type of evidence-cross-sectional ecological studies. I discuss studies examining variations in suicide rates across US states, US cities, and nations, highlighting the work of the one firearm researcher who continually "finds nothing."
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