The shooting raised alarms in Iran about the effect of recent statements of several leading conservative clerics and members of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is controlled by the clergy.
The Menem government initially blamed Iran, but the cumulative effect of later statements, arguing that there was insufficient proof, has been to sow uncertainty about responsibility for the bombing.
Studies measuring the effect of reassuring statements, e.g. on normal test results, have found no effect, a temporary reduction of or even an increase in anxiety [ 9- 13].
As preliminary analysis confirmed a significant main effect of recognition statement type (p < 0.001) and a significant 3-way interaction between recognition statement type, recognition statement valence and training group (p < 0.001), we conducted separate 2 × 2 × 2 ANOVAs for target and foil ratings.
Figure 2 The effect of initial statement estimation errors on target tracking.(a) Tracking results with the initial statement obtained viaGauss Newton method.
But the effect of that statement was somewhat undercut when France's foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, asserted during a news conference that such reports were unconfirmed.
The match official selection committee is chaired by a former Scotland international, John Jeffrey, but it is understood he was not part of the process that concluded Joubert had erred in law to ensure there could be no accusations of bias, even if the only effect of the statement was to add to Scotland's feeling of injustice.
Even when James Comey, the director of the F.B.I., reaffirmed, two days before the election, that the candidate should not face criminal charges tied to her e-mails, the effect of the statement was exactly what Shankar had put forth at the Flint church: debunking a myth often does little more than reinforce it.
The effect of this statement on the market should be profound.
