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A common number for improvements in outcome by placebo is typically 20%. Significant, but not a game changer.
by mips_r4300i 3y ago
A common number for improvements in outcome by placebo is typically 20%. Significant, but not a game changer.
- heisenzombie 3y agoAlso, I think the placebo effect is popularly misunderstood: https://www.dcscience.net/2015/12/11/placebo-effects-are-weak-regression-to-the-mean-is-the-main-reason-ineffective-treatments-appear-to-work/ https://www.dcscience.net/2015/12/11/placebo-effects-are-wea...
- mips_r4300i 3y agoThanks for that article, it confirms what I'd long suspected. The bit about traffic cameras is a good one, and the very same problem of trying to judge health supplements efficacy without RCTs.