Reviewer’ s report
Title: ASSESSMENT OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE ABUSE RATINGS BY
RECENTLY ABUSED AND NEVER ABUSED WOMEN
Version: 1Date: 08 Oct 2019
Reviewer: Kelsey L. Hegarty
Reviewer's report:
This article has a very interesting aim of presenting what women think about different behaviours
and is important to a discussion on what constitutes domestic violence. However, the small samplesizes make it very difficult to draw conclusions. Also, the manuscript needs some editing toimprove the English expression.Specific comments include*Women in the non abused group may have been abused as the AAS only has limited questions,which the authors acknowledge*It is not clear how the 65 women were reduced to 30 women in the abused group nor exactly howthe comparison group were chosen (some mention of random selection in methods)?*Why was the control group so much older?*Could it be that the findings only relate to this age difference?*It is unlikely any inferences can be made from this study as it is too small and the groups are notmatched on age or ethnicity.
Are the methods appropriate and well described?
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NoDoes the work include the necessary controls?
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NoAre the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?
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NoAre you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an
additional statistical review?If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require furtherassessment in your comments to the editors.
I am able to assess the statistics
Quality of written English
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