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1. modele+fd[view] [source] 2023-09-30 16:25:42
>>geox+(OP)
> odds were tripled for autism (OR = 3.1; 95% CI: 1.02, 9.7)

This is scientific malpractice! The most ridiculous confidence interval I've ever seen! 1.02 to 9.7, reported as "tripled", seriously? And of course the data is non-blinded, self-reported survey responses recalling events that occurred many years ago, and the analysis is not preregistered and splits the cohort in an arbitrary way to eke out so-called "statistical significance" (by the slimmest imaginable margin, 1.02 > 1.00, just barely).

How can this dreck be published? Everyone involved should be sanctioned. And everyone who took this headline at face value should seriously reconsider their approach to consuming science news.

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2. lost_t+DG1[view] [source] 2023-10-01 04:46:24
>>modele+fd
Yeah I had a nursing friend bring this up to me and I looked up the paper; i don't know jack about the medical industry but these numbers were ridiculous and the methods atrocious lol. I told her that the stats were basically useless which made the paper useless. She didn't like my answer. My two or so diet sodas a day habit will likely continue.
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