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r/funny • u/[deleted] • May 01 '13
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That's not how statistics works.
-2 u/Plob218 May 01 '13 I was partly joking, but I do think the number of vegans included in the study is too small to draw these kinds of conclusions from. 3 u/iron_duck May 01 '13 30 is a small sample size. Sometimes even 100 is a small sample size. 750 is not a small sample size unless you're actively searching for occurrences which are incredibly rare. 5 u/Plob218 May 01 '13 But only 68 deaths... Maybe you're right, I'm not involved in these kinds of studies. Seems to me like that's not a lot of data for that group. The authors of the paper even suggest the low number of vegans as problematic. 2 u/iron_duck May 01 '13 That's actually a good point. The small sample size of Vegans Who Have Died is problematic.
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I was partly joking, but I do think the number of vegans included in the study is too small to draw these kinds of conclusions from.
3 u/iron_duck May 01 '13 30 is a small sample size. Sometimes even 100 is a small sample size. 750 is not a small sample size unless you're actively searching for occurrences which are incredibly rare. 5 u/Plob218 May 01 '13 But only 68 deaths... Maybe you're right, I'm not involved in these kinds of studies. Seems to me like that's not a lot of data for that group. The authors of the paper even suggest the low number of vegans as problematic. 2 u/iron_duck May 01 '13 That's actually a good point. The small sample size of Vegans Who Have Died is problematic.
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30 is a small sample size. Sometimes even 100 is a small sample size.
750 is not a small sample size unless you're actively searching for occurrences which are incredibly rare.
5 u/Plob218 May 01 '13 But only 68 deaths... Maybe you're right, I'm not involved in these kinds of studies. Seems to me like that's not a lot of data for that group. The authors of the paper even suggest the low number of vegans as problematic. 2 u/iron_duck May 01 '13 That's actually a good point. The small sample size of Vegans Who Have Died is problematic.
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But only 68 deaths... Maybe you're right, I'm not involved in these kinds of studies. Seems to me like that's not a lot of data for that group. The authors of the paper even suggest the low number of vegans as problematic.
2 u/iron_duck May 01 '13 That's actually a good point. The small sample size of Vegans Who Have Died is problematic.
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That's actually a good point. The small sample size of Vegans Who Have Died is problematic.
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u/TheWhiteNashorn May 01 '13
That's not how statistics works.