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Furthermore, practicing biomedical researchers rarely, if ever, take a single study as "proof" of a hypothesis, no matter what the P-value is. Replication and
by pcrh 13y ago
Furthermore, practicing biomedical researchers rarely, if ever, take a single study as "proof" of a hypothesis, no matter what the P-value is.
Replication and plausibility in the context of other studies are taken into account, however these additional parameters are difficult to reduce to numbers.
A recent blog post (link below) describes the actual practice of (good) biomedical research fairly well.
http://www.tcpinnovations.com/drugbaron/the-all-new-good-old-fashioned-solution-to-the-replication-crisis-in-science/ http://www.tcpinnovations.com/drugbaron/the-all-new-good-old...