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Religion and Infant Mortality in the United States: A Flawed Study

By alcanthro Leave a Comment Jun 3 0

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In a recent article, posted on Atheist Republic, there was a suggestion that fundamentalist religion was positively associated with PNIMRs. However, the analysis seems to be an interpretation, of an interpretation, of maybe even one more level of interpretation before getting to the actual study. Furthemore, the study itself faces significant methodological errors. « Continue »

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