References
- Die Akte Astrologie, Gunter Sachs, 1997
- A criticism of Gunter Sachs' work can be found on astrology-and-science.com
Significance
Sachs' qualification of statistical significance is above usual requirements.The significance is given by chi2 test, giving the percentage of chance a given distribution can be observed assuming random chance.
Significance | Standard qualification | Gunter Sachs |
---|---|---|
0.1 % | Very significant | |
1 % | Very significant | Significant |
5 % | Significant | Not very significant |
Data summary
In this table,- Page numbers refer to the French edition of the book.
- Each row corresponds to a chapter of the book.
Page | N | Description |
---|---|---|
52 - 54 |
313 368 book sales
23 879 258 persons |
Compares the sales of 12 astrology books, each book dealing with a sign, from aries to pisces - and the sign of persons buying those books.
Several corrections are done, and the null hypothesis is : the proportion of books sold about a given sign should correspond to the proportion of the population of this sign. Sources
|
57 |
358 763 weddings of
717 526 persons |
358 763 couples, representing 717 526 persons
They compared the astrological signs of the married wife and husband by building a table of 12 x 12 = 144 cells. 1: Wife Aries married to husband Aries, 2: wife Aries married to husband Taurus etc. The statistical analysis was done by statisticians of the university Ludwig Maximilien, in Munchen. This study also contains a survey to know if people take care of the sun sign of their partner when they start a relation. Sources
|
90 | 6 498 320 weddings |
One chapter is dedicated to the presentation of a similar work done in France by Didier Castille. Didier Castille worked at INSEE (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) and has also compared sun signs of husbands and wifes in France.
Weddings in France, 1976 - 1997 |
100 | 109 030 couples |
Sources
|
118 | 2 731 766 persons |
Singles (not married) in Swtzerland aged 18 - 30.
Sources
|
127 | 231 036 persons |
Birth dates of persons who registered at Dortmund University (Germany).
|
139 | 4 045 170 persons |
Persons spread in 4 socio-profesional categories
Sources
|
155 | 1 538 005 persons |
32 causes of death for persons deceased between 1969 and 1994 in Switzerland.
After cleaning to have data statistically exploitable, 20 causes of death for 657 492 persons. |
165 | 30 358 persons |
Analysis using the data of the previous experiment.
30 358 deaths by suicide between 1969 and 1994 in Switzerland. |
173 | 325 866 persons |
325 866 penal sentences pronounced in Switzerland between 1986 and 1994.
25 different penal offences. A second analysis keeps the sufficiently numerous offences, which gives a bit more than 120 000 sentences spread in 10 different penal offences. |
183 |
25 003 driver birth dates
+ accident dates |
Car accidents that have occurred in 1996, in United Kingdom.
Sources
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Total
Persons
23 879 258
+ 717 526
+ 109 030
+ 109 030
+ 2 731 766
+ 231 036
+ 4 045 170
+ 1 538 005
+ 30 358
+ 325 866
+ 25 003
= 33 742 048 persons
Events
313 368 book sales
+ 23 879 258 persons
+ 358 763 weddings
+ 25 003 accident dates
= 721 013 events