RT Journal
A1 GOLDSON E
T1 CHild abuse-reply
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1979
FD April 1
VO 133
IS 4
SP 448
OP 449
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130040102031
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130040102031
AB In Reply.—Drs Pascoe and Davis have raised several issues that also concerned us in the preparation of this article. First, we were as concerned as they were regarding selection of the subjects involved in this study. It was precisely this concern that led us to include all of those subjects, and only those subjects, on whom data concerning all of the variables were available. No other criteria were used for selection. In reviewing subjects on whom all of the data were not available, the selection that we made did not seem to be biased since the incomplete data were randomly distributed with regard to the missing variables. Furthermore, had we included subjects on whom incomplete data were available, we would have been presenting an incomplete and confusing picture of the population studied.Second, the correspondents are correct in their comments concerning the possibility of expectation bias with respect to