title: Birth month is not related to suicide among Major League Baseball players.
abstract: In 2005, Abel and Kruger reported that, compared to the other 10 months of the year, Major League Baseball players are much less likely to commit suicide if they are born in July and much more likely to commit suicide if they are born in August. The data and statistical tests used to support this claim are both incorrect. A correct test applied to the complete, accurate data shows that there is no relationship between birth month and suicide for Major League Baseball players.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, Pomona College, 425 North College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711, USA. gsmith@pomona.edu
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D001484:Baseball / Q000523:psychology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012621:Seasons; D013405:Suicide