Any given list of studies says more about how good you are at finding studies matching your preconceived opinion than it says about reality.
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Replying to @MoralOfStory
@MoralOfStory Fortunately, that's not completely true. The actual studies still can be trusted *if* they are extremely well done.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AlleleOfGene
@AlleleOfGene ...and the chance that the well done studies show up in the average list is what?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MoralOfStory
@MoralOfStory When the well done studies exist, I am going to say they will end up on the list perhaps 70% of the time.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AlleleOfGene
@AlleleOfGene I say 1/(number of sides of the issue) %of the time.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MoralOfStory
@MoralOfStory That's pretty optimistic! I meant, given that the really good study agrees w/ listmaker.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@AlleleOfGene oh, gotcha, in that case I basically agree. We can't assume the list maker will always find every study that agrees with them.
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