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Second pass at: Absence of evidence and evidence of absence Replied, post #52 · Research Methods › Statistics · 23 Jul 2026 · 3 likes Practical note on Absence of evidence: write down what you expect before you look. The number of times I have found what I went looking for is higher than chance would…
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Coming back to: A community side-effect dataset, with its response rate and biases Replied, post #99 · Data & Tools › Datasets · 21 Jul 2026 · 9 likes I read post #97 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite. Community side-effect dataset is worth one more sentence than it usually gets, and the…
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Here for the analytics and not much else Replied, post #41 · Lounge › Introductions · 16 Jul 2026 · 5 likes New, no scientific background at all, and slightly intimidated by the first three topics I opened. Is there a sensible on-ramp for someone who is here for practical…
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Why the cheapest option is often not the cheapest Replied, post #19 · Access › Pricing · 14 Jul 2026 · 4 likes The most useful pricing posts here are the ones that show the arithmetic rather than the conclusion. It is a small point and it changes the answer, which is an awkward…
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What would change my mind about repair peptides: a specific answer Replied, post #22 · Compounds › Repair & healing peptides · 10 Jul 2026 · 29 likes Dose-response is unstudied in humans for essentially everything in this family, which means the confident numbers in circulation came from somewhere other than a trial.…
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Reconstituting a multi-strength kit without mixing yourself up — what changed since Replied, post #37 · Practice › Reconstitution · 6 Jul 2026 · 12 likes Worth separating two things that post #33 runs together. The thing about Reconstituting a multi-strength kit that took me longest to accept is that a plausible…
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Washout with a one-week half-life: the arithmetic — does this still hold? Replied, post #22 · Research Methods › N-of-1 designs · 30 May 2026 · 19 likes A photograph or a device reading is a harder record than a recollection, and where one is available it should be the record. The literature is thinner on this than the…
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What to include when your question involves a chromatogram — one year on Replied, post #10 · Start Here › How to Ask · 20 May 2026 · 8 likes Speaking as somebody who asked badly last month and got a polite request for four missing details: writing the question properly the first time takes ten minutes and…
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Reference intervals: how they are constructed and why one in twenty flags Replied, post #89 · Clinical › Bloodwork · 30 Apr 2026 · 0 likes Thank you — that answers what I came here to find out.
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[2026 update] Composite endpoints and the component doing the work Replied, post #47 · Evidence › Trials · 28 Mar 2026 · 16 likes Absolute numbers, not just relative: a 30% relative reduction tells you the ratio but not the practical magnitude. The event rate in each arm and the difference between…
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The headache that turns out to be dehydration Replied, post #87 · Nutrition & Training › Hydration & electrolytes · 8 Dec 2025 · 0 likes A methods point on headache rather than a substantive one: if the comparison is not like for like, the difference you are measuring is the difference in method.
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Substitution between formats during a shortage Replied, post #91 · Access › Shortages · 8 Nov 2025 · 0 likes Answering the substitution between formats question as asked, then the question I think is meant. As asked: yes, with the qualification below. As meant: it depends on…