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bobcostas55 on April 1, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fish Oil Claims Not Supported by Research

The most interesting part of this text is that 5% significance is "universally accepted" for medical meta-analyses.

xkcd-sucks on April 1, 2015 [–]

The vast majority of medical researchers don't have a deep understanding of statistics. The ones that do understand statistics comply with the "universal expectations" of their editors and reviewers.

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