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 Two
studies using time-series impact assessment analysis found a
significant reduction in weekly fatalities due to motor vehicle
accidents, homicides, and suicides in the United States (1982-1985)
and Canada (1983-1985) when the size of the groups practicing the
Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program at Maharishi
International University in Fairfield, Iowa, exceeded the square
root of one percent of the U.S. population, or of the U.S. and
Canadian population together for an effect seen in Canada. During
periods when the size of the groups were smaller than the square
root of one percent of the U.S. and Canadian populations, fatality
rates were higher. The use of time series methodology ensures that
these effects could not be due to random variation, seasonal cycles,
or long-term trends in the two countries. |
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