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I see a lot of health-related signatures on the list. Is this a backlash because of the findings against homeopathy?
by _rpd 8y ago
I see a lot of health-related signatures on the list. Is this a backlash because of the findings against homeopathy?
- neaden 8y agoI don't think so no. I think in health there is just a lot of pressure to come to an answer (does this medicine hurt or help) and to have a justification for that lawsuit for regulators and attorneys.
- BeatLeJuce 8y agowhich findings?
- _rpd 8y agoReviews like this ... https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2125.2002.01699.x https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1... that have led to various national health systems refusing to pay for homeopathic treatment. The studies are almost universally p-value based.
- Fomite 8y agoNo. I'm one of the signatories, and an epidemiologist. First, the authors are well-known in the area. Sander Greenland is a major figure in epidemiology methods, etc. Second, there's been a push there, historically, to get rid of p-values because the field is primarily more focused on effect estimation, rather than pure hypothesis testing, so p-values are particularly poorly suited.