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> decades of medical training and experience

http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/12/17/statistical-literacy-am...

Ask your local doctor next time you visit to tell you what a P value means.

The medical literature is a tragicomedy of statistical incompetence and malpractice.

Specifically on this study it has a lot of red flags: not pre-registered so p hacking can be assumed, industry sponsored which studies show greatly skews results, small numbers, unrealistically high effect sizes.



It was pre-registered. However, they did a battery of tests, and only report on a few. This is a method of cheating on the pre-registry process.




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