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Comment by ricksunny

9 hours ago

epistemics asks how many different hypotheses besides p-tau217 levels were tested before arriving at the specified spread.

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tantalor  8 hours ago

Are you suggesting that these research scientists don't understand basic statistics?

  • ricksunny  8 hours ago

    While I’ve nothing to say about these research scientists in particular, knowing precisely nothing about them, it wouldn’t be the first time that so-called ‘bonafide’ research scientists made a statistical boo-boo, even one structural to the research thesis than any sort of math error.

    Given the widely-reported extent of p-hacking in the biomedical literature over the decades, I’m surprised anyone would float an avid ‘but how could research scientists ever be wrong’ default reflex.