On the left, odds ratios and confidence intervals from a logistic model predicting autism in the children of mothers exposed to environmental hazards On the right, the headline based on the study This is a bit nutspic.twitter.com/SF93TYw6UU
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Based on the results of the study itself, the press release should read "no relationship between exposure to industrial pollutants and autism found" but that's much less grabbing I guess ping @natalier78
Other possible headlines that this study would support: "most industrial chemicals totally unrelated to autism" "fathers' relief: study finds no relationship between men's chemical exposure and their children's mental health"
Podcast out on this now, have a listen:https://soundcloud.com/senscipod/episode-11-solvents-and-autism …
I don't know many journalists who can read the results of a logistic model. Without a fairly good understanding of stats and CIs I can see how you'd trust the press release
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