Yeah, I wish that science reporting would either a) mention specifics on methodology or b) link directly to papers. Without this plus a stronger push for open-

Yeah, I wish that science reporting would either a) mention specifics on methodology or b) link directly to papers. Without this plus a stronger push for open-access publishing, readers often have absolutely no way to verify claims like this - and, moreover, have no way to learn how to apply similar methodologies to their own work. There's a lot of people in data science / analytics positions right now who could benefit from sharing knowledge around statistical tools to correct for highly unusual situations.