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> Like we administered x mg of sulfer to the patient and they saw y outcome while patients not receiving sufler saw z outcome. When we stopped administering sul
by jjk166 1y ago
> Like we administered x mg of sulfer to the patient and they saw y outcome while patients not receiving sufler saw z outcome. When we stopped administering sulfer all patients saw z outcome seems to be isolating sulfer as causing y.
There is a reason we use placebos for control groups.
- lesuorac 1y agoUh, there's no requirement to use placebos or a control group. For example, covid just uses a treatment group and considers the rest of the world as control. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9124157/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9124157/
- ethanwillis 1y agoCan you explain the reason?
- Scarblac 1y agoOtherwise the sky may realize it's in the control group.
- ethanwillis 1y agoI'm more interested in the reason the OP had in mind. I don't think it's required that you have a placebo control group, but the OP might have a reason in mind that's something I haven't considered.