Matt_Simpson comments on The Universal Medical Journal Article Error - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Matt_Simpson 07 April 2013 07:30:22PM 2 points [-]

I didn't look at the data. I was commenting on your assessment of what they did, which showed that you didn't know how the F test works. Your post made it seem as if all they did was run an F test that compared the average response of the control and treatment groups and found no difference.