Statistical Info
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Nancy Bartol
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Statistical Info
Is it possible to extrapolate data regarding the percent affected in a breed, using the research section's listings of numbers of participating dogs in a breed, and total numbers of affected?
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Ned Patterson DVM
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Nancy,
No this would not be a good statistic if you want a reflection of the overall incidence of epilepsy in a breed, because we have a biased sample because most of the families collected have at least one affected individual and in general we are not collecting too many families with no affected dogs.
No this would not be a good statistic if you want a reflection of the overall incidence of epilepsy in a breed, because we have a biased sample because most of the families collected have at least one affected individual and in general we are not collecting too many families with no affected dogs.