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"[...] were each associated with CHDs [...] but residence close to TCE sites alone was not." So, they actually found no correlation with TCE exposure. There fo
by uvdiv 14y ago
"[...] were each associated with CHDs [...] but residence close to TCE sites alone was not."
So, they actually found no correlation with TCE exposure. There found a correlation with one of the subgroups [TCE + other variable], one out of many, that they selected after examining the data.
There's an XKCD about this:
http://xkcd.com/882/ http://xkcd.com/882/
Or did I misunderstand something?
- carlob 14y agoAs far as I understand only women that were older (≥ 38) had a significant effect from being exposed (on top of the increased risk due to being older).
- Evbn 14y agoYou are misunderstanding the statistical theory. The xkcd comic was making a joke about misused priors. You have no reason to believe that this paper used a wrong prior and peer reviewers overlooked it, nor have you examined the choice of p-value.