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johnlawrenceaspden comments on The Thyroid Madness: Two Apparently Contradictory Studies. Proof? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 18 April 2016 05:43:39PM *  0 points [-]

Agree with this too. On the one hand, Simpson's Paradox, on the other hand, Simpson's Paradox. But if you don't expect male/female confounder, it just gives you three goes at the magic p<0.05.

Frequentism. It's just broken.