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He is saying that in one single test of two groups, one of the teams has to win. Deciding that they won because of 'x' after the fact is not science.
by nopassrecover 17y ago
He is saying that in one single test of two groups, one of the teams has to win. Deciding that they won because of 'x' after the fact is not science.
- philh 17y agoThey decided to see if X would help one team win before they collected results.
- nopassrecover 17y agoOh okay I missed that. I still question the statistical significance of a single experiment. Still interesting though.
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- roundsquare 17y agoI usually assume that SciAm does a decent job of making sure they print credible articles. So I would generally assume that the experimental design was good.