Crisis Calls and Temporal and Lunar Variables: A Comprehensive Examination

Autor:	I. W. Kelly, G. F. Byrnes, Mikelis G. Bickis
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	Sidereal time Statistics Econometrics Business Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) Regression analysis Spectral analysis Psychology Predictive value General Psychology Education
Zdroj:	The Journal of Psychology. 129:701-711
ISSN:	1940-1019 0022-3980
DOI:	10.1080/00223980.1995.9914940
Popis:	Total daily crisis calls were recorded over a 3-year period in Vancouver. Data from the first 2 years were examined using spectral analysis and regression analysis on sine and cosine functions of time to determine if periodicities existed over the time interval under consideration. Strong weekly, annual, and semiweekly cycles and weak monthly, semiannual, bimonthly, and 4-monthly cycles were uncovered. Very weak lunar relationships with the anomalistic cycle, half-synodic, and sidereal were also found. These lunar relationships were not consistent with beliefs in folklore or tradition. Data from the 3rd year were predicted with models with and without lunar variables. The addition of lunar variables was found to add nothing to the predictive value and, in fact, slightly worsened the predictions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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