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Between-litter variation in developmental studies of hormones and behavior : Inflated false positives and diminished power
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- Williams, Donald (author)
- University of California, USA
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- Carlsson, Rickard, 1984- (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för psykologi (PSY)
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- Bürkner, Paul-Christian (author)
- University of Münster, Germany
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- Elsevier, 2017
- 2017
- English.
- In: Frontiers in neuroendocrinology (Print). - : Elsevier. - 0091-3022 .- 1095-6808. ; 47, s. 154-166
- Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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- Developmental studies of hormones and behavior often include littermates—rodent siblings that share early-life experiences and genes. Due to between-litter variation (i.e., litter effects), the statistical assumption of independent observations is untenable. In two literatures—natural variation in maternal care and prenatal stress—entire litters are categorized based on maternal behavior or experimental condition. Here, we (1) review both literatures; (2) simulate false positive rates for commonly used statistical methods in each literature; and (3) characterize small sample performance of multilevel models (MLM) and generalized estimating equations (GEE). We found that the assumption of independence was routinely violated (>85%), false positives (α = 0.05) exceeded nominal levels (up to 0.70), and power (1−β) rarely surpassed 0.80 (even for optimistic sample and effect sizes). Additionally, we show that MLMs and GEEs have adequate performance for common research designs. We discuss implications for the extant literature, the field of behavioral neuroendocrinology, and provide recommendations.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Neurovetenskaper (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Neurosciences (hsv//eng)
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- Hormones and behavior
- False Positives
- Litter Effects
- Psychology
- Psykologi
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