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If they did not properly account for longevity then it's easy to see how (live longer -> higher chance of cancer)
by cozzyd 10y ago
If they did not properly account for longevity then it's easy to see how (live longer -> higher chance of cancer)
- jeremysmyth 10y agoExactly. So—assuming all results are statistically significant—where's the causal relationship? Radiation-> Cancer? Radiation->Lives longer? Lives longer->Cancer? and if there are two results that are related independently of this study (lives longer/gets more cancer), then how can we presume one of the other results is more "valid" than another (as broadcast in the headlines)
- cozzyd 10y agoThere were 6 times as many test groups as control groups (3 intensities * 2 modulations). It would have been good to have more control groups to reduce statistical effects.