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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jul 2019
      Replying to @NoahHaber

      Lol, fine: on a scale of 1 to random, this is pretty low down. I agree that they've done a good job reporting, but I personally don't think you can call the results of this procedure "random" in the common technical sense of the term

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    2. Noah Haber‏ @NoahHaber 22 Jul 2019
      Replying to @GidMK

      What's your scale and population? If we're saying 10 is true randomization, and we are including all studies and designs (including completely obs/non-randomized, I am still putting this at like a 9 on the randomization scale.

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jul 2019
      Replying to @NoahHaber

      Nah I'm only looking at RCTs here where people have attempted some kind of randomization. This is one of the worst methods I've ever seen

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    4. Noah Haber‏ @NoahHaber 22 Jul 2019
      Replying to @GidMK

      Ok, relative to other randomization schemes, the procedure is pretty bad. Relative to other designs (including non randomized), its pretty good. I feel like maybe we should focus more on those other really bad (and far more common) designs.

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jul 2019
      Replying to @NoahHaber

      Dunno, most non-random designs are pretty open about the issues with causal inference. Bad randomization is used to infer direct causality despite the issues with bias

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    6. Noah Haber‏ @NoahHaber 22 Jul 2019
      Replying to @GidMK

      Not sure I agree with your assertion about relative openness of bias in non-randomized studies. But again, what's the bias here? Interpretation changes due to non-blonding, sure, but I am not seeing any serious bias (in expectation) from this procedure.

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    7. Noah Haber‏ @NoahHaber 22 Jul 2019
      Replying to @NoahHaber @GidMK

      *non-blinding. Non-blonding is a totally different technical concept.

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    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jul 2019
      Replying to @NoahHaber

      Sorry, I should've said potential bias. It's impossible to know what bias may have occurred, which I'd argue is also a weakness. At least in cohort studies we have a good idea of the major biases!

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    9. Noah Haber‏ @NoahHaber 22 Jul 2019
      Replying to @GidMK

      We might be looking at very different cohort studies here, but I don't think I agree with that assertion either. There is also a difference between not having any reason to believe there is bias, and (not) knowing what biases may exist.

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    10. Noah Haber‏ @NoahHaber 22 Jul 2019
      Replying to @NoahHaber @GidMK

      Put another way, I'd take this weirdly randomized n=43 person RCT (assuming no other major issues, which is admittedly a big assumption) over an otherwise similar n=43 cohort study basically any day.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jul 2019
      Replying to @NoahHaber

      I'd say it depends entirely on the cohort study, but either way I'd rather have a properly randomized trial given how easy (and free) that is to do!

      6:23 PM - 22 Jul 2019
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