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Can't publish a paper with no findings so they add "might reduce". By the same logic it "Might" increase all cause mortality or might increase lung cancer incid
by adamsmith143 3y ago
Can't publish a paper with no findings so they add "might reduce". By the same logic it "Might" increase all cause mortality or might increase lung cancer incidence. Trash study.
- nkozyra 3y agoTo be fair I don't read a lot of medical studies but how many use more assertive, declarative language?
- ffhhttt 3y agoThose that fan reject the null hypothesis?
- psychphysic 3y agoNo it's just confirmation bias in the public. This is standard reporting but you need to know biostats to appreciate what it's saying because that's who articles are written for.
- adamsmith143 3y agoDon't think you need a Phd to understand this: "the confidence interval was consistent with a null finding." Aka the study found nothing.
- psychphysic 3y agoTrue.