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A treatment being a placebo implies nothing about the effect size!
by civilian 7y ago
A treatment being a placebo implies nothing about the effect size!
- JamesBarney 7y agoMost placebo effects are modest and the ones that aren't are usually mixed in with regression to the mean effects(which are usually pretty modest). So OP is implying that if an effect is especially large it's less likely to be placebo.
- btmorex 7y agoPlacebo effects on depression are enormous.