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Peer reviewedBoyd, Richard D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1998
The possibility of differential sex proportions as a confounding factor in the Lovaas (1987) study is raised. It is argued that the chi-square analysis was inadequate and that the appropriate comparison should be made between the experimental and the control group using population data to estimate expected cell frequencies. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Chi Square, Children
