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Are you sure you're reading the right paper? They specifically mention the control group in the article and make comparisons between the different group's respo

• cmkrnl 12y ago
  Comment by Alice Walton, the author of the article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2014/09/09/early-intervention-in-babies-may-eliminate-autism-symptoms-by-toddlerhood/?commentId=comment_blogAndPostId/blog/comment/1543-13071-2418 http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2014/09/09/early-in... They actually gave all 7 the therapy. There were controls but it wasn’t really random assignment. They definitely need to do a larger study to look into it more (which they will), but it seems promising as a pilot study.
• jeffdavis 12y ago
  Honestly, I read through the article pretty quickly and I missed that there was some attempt at a control. The statement that mislead me was "Most of the children in the study, six out of seven, caught up in all of their learning skills and their language...", which seems like a strange thing to say if there was a control group (aren't the control group also a part of the study?). There were enough red flags that I'm pretty sure this was not a very scientifically robust study. For instance, even for a very small sample, wouldn't you still say how many out of the control group caught up (e.g. 2 out of the 7 control group members). Also, I wonder if the person evaluating the symptoms knew which were the control versus test subjects?