When lack of information leads to apparent paradoxes and wrong conclusions: analysis of a seminal article on short falls

Leila Schneps (1)

1 IMJ-PRG (UMR_7586) - Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu - Paris Rive Gauche

Analysis of multiple statistical errors in a seminal article claiming that short falls in babies cannot be fatal and histories of fatal short falls are in fact cases of child abuse.

Domaines: Statistiques [stat]; Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Leila Schneps. When lack of information leads to apparent paradoxes and wrong conclusions: analysis of a seminal article on short falls. Cambridge University Press. Shaken Baby Syndrome, 2023, 9781009177894. ⟨hal-03129532⟩