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The title doesn't contain any conclusion.

by noselasd 2y ago

brokegrammer 2y ago
Right, my bad. Misleading would be the correct word.
- bookofjoe 2y ago
  Full title as published in Lancet: >Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of stratified aggregate data What with HN's 80 character limit something had to go! I apologize for making it "misleading" but what would you have done?
  - tweetle_beetle 2y ago
    No need to apologise. It's not misleading at all.
    - zerr 2y ago
      It's lacking. A good title should save a click for those who are not interested in details but just the conclusion.
      - bookofjoe 2y ago
        I ask again: what do you believe the title should be?
      - esperent 2y ago
        It's a scientific study. It's conclusion is the study results which is a bunch of confidence intervals and statistics. Someone else quoted this as the results from the study: > For the primary comparison of any vitamin D versus placebo, the intervention did not statistically significantly affect overall ARI risk (OR 0·94 [95% CI 0·88–1·00], p=0·057; 40 studies; 61 589 participants; I2=26·4%). Are you suggesting that should be in the title? Would it even fit?
        brokegrammer 2y ago
        Then the title could be "Meta analysis finds Vitamin D supplementation doesn't improve Acute Respiratory Illness" or some variation of that, which is something I've known about Vitamin D for a while.
        bookofjoe 1y ago
        "7 too long"
  - brokegrammer 2y ago
    The title should be something like "Could Vitamin D supplementation help prevent acute respiratory infection? Systematic review and meta-analysis". When I read the "Vitamin D supplementation to prevent" part, I got excited because I thought the research implied that supplementation does help. So I had to read it. With the first title, I wouldn't read the study because I've read dozens of other studies showing how Vitamin D supplementation doesn't improve health outcomes.
    - bookofjoe 1y ago
      I put your title into the HN title box for submission: "29 too long"

The title doesn't contain any conclusion.

brokegrammer 2y ago

Right, my bad. Misleading would be the correct word.

bookofjoe 2y ago
Full title as published in Lancet: >Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of stratified aggregate data What with HN's 80 character limit something had to go! I apologize for making it "misleading" but what would you have done?
- tweetle_beetle 2y ago
  No need to apologise. It's not misleading at all.
  - zerr 2y ago
    It's lacking. A good title should save a click for those who are not interested in details but just the conclusion.
    - bookofjoe 2y ago
      I ask again: what do you believe the title should be?
    - esperent 2y ago
      It's a scientific study. It's conclusion is the study results which is a bunch of confidence intervals and statistics. Someone else quoted this as the results from the study: > For the primary comparison of any vitamin D versus placebo, the intervention did not statistically significantly affect overall ARI risk (OR 0·94 [95% CI 0·88–1·00], p=0·057; 40 studies; 61 589 participants; I2=26·4%). Are you suggesting that should be in the title? Would it even fit?
      - brokegrammer 2y ago
        Then the title could be "Meta analysis finds Vitamin D supplementation doesn't improve Acute Respiratory Illness" or some variation of that, which is something I've known about Vitamin D for a while.
        bookofjoe 1y ago
        "7 too long"
- brokegrammer 2y ago
  The title should be something like "Could Vitamin D supplementation help prevent acute respiratory infection? Systematic review and meta-analysis". When I read the "Vitamin D supplementation to prevent" part, I got excited because I thought the research implied that supplementation does help. So I had to read it. With the first title, I wouldn't read the study because I've read dozens of other studies showing how Vitamin D supplementation doesn't improve health outcomes.
  - bookofjoe 1y ago
    I put your title into the HN title box for submission: "29 too long"