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A recent multilaboratory study to investigate phenotypic and genotypic markers for alcoholism is described. A preliminary investigation of the reliability of electroencephalographic data amassed at six laboratories was undertaken; data from each laboratory could be usefully summarized with sample correlation matrices. A graphical method for depicting these correlation matrices is presented. The Larntz-Perlman procedure for assessing the equality of correlation matrices can immediately be incorporated into this graphical technique. The experimental data from the preliminary investigation are illustrated with the graphical method, which readily conveys large amounts of correlational information and reveals meaningful patterns in the electroencephalographic responses. KEY WORDS: Electroencephalography (EEG); Event-related brain potential (ERP); Fisher z transformation; Larntz-Perlman procedure; P300.
1. INTRODUCTION As part of a large-scale, multilaboratory program designed to investigate phenotypic and genotypic markers for alcoholism, six identical neuroelectrophysiologic laboratories have been established at various locations in the [...]