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0 pointsWill_Parker8y ago0 comments

How does it make sense to suppose it could lead to recovery in 50% of cases, if a drug that does nothing has a 5% chance of producing the same result in your study?

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stdbrouw8y ago

Because it has a 95% chance of producing a different (better) result. Statistics is all about the quantification of uncertainty.

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