TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - Geophysical variables and behavior: XIII. Comment on "Lunar phase and accident injuries": the dark side of the moon and lunar research
JO  - Perceptual and motor skills
A1  - Kelly, I. W.
A1  - Rotton, James
SP  - 919
EP  - 921
VL  - 57
IS  - 3
N2  - Templer, Veleber, and Brooner in 1982 claimed that an excess number of injuries occur on nights with a full or new moon. In this note, we show that their claim is based upon trivial differences, on overlapping observations, possible violations of statistical assumptions, a failure to consider confounding between phases of the moon and days of the week when data cover short (6 mo. and 1 yr.) periods of time, and the possibility of an effect due to darkness during new moon nights.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-5125
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -