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What follow-up studies were done with rats? How do these apply to humans? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 07:56, 17 December 2008 (EST) | What follow-up studies were done with rats? How do these apply to humans? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 07:56, 17 December 2008 (EST) | ||
::Good point. I cleaned out some of the left wing junk and added reports from better sources. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 08:23, 17 December 2008 (EST) | ::Good point. I cleaned out some of the left wing junk and added reports from better sources. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 08:23, 17 December 2008 (EST) | ||
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| + | :::If results are only of "borderline" significance, then we should not report them in so much detail. Anyone reading this article would see (A) the idea that there is no risk, along with (B) two studies saying there IS a risk. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 08:52, 23 February 2010 (EST) | ||
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This needs a lot more work, because it is one of the few non-political instances of a scientific controversy which affects the general public. I'd like to expand it so that students can understand the proper way to collect statistics and identify cause and effect relationships.
What follow-up studies were done with rats? How do these apply to humans? --Ed Poor Talk 07:56, 17 December 2008 (EST)
- Good point. I cleaned out some of the left wing junk and added reports from better sources. RJJensen 08:23, 17 December 2008 (EST)