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Originally Posted by dilanesp
https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-dr...study-you-see/
Basically, before 2000, researchers were permitted to develop their hypotheses to fit apparent patterns in the data when researching cardiovascular treatments. And they found all sorts of "patterns" which seemed significant but turned out not to be.
After 2000, they were required to state their hypothesis before testing it, and it turned out there were very few significant results.
There's an obvious lesson here for handicappers.
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One thing I learned in my graduate studies in Social Research. "He who pays you, sways you". Remember the old debunked Food Pyramid the govt and doctors were pushing that had bread and carbs as the most important part of diet? Turns out it was based on s study paid for by the wheat industry.
We need studies but we need to learn how to interpret them.