Posted by linkadge on April 19, 2008, at 14:48:09
In reply to Re: OOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo » linkadge, posted by Larry Hoover on April 19, 2008, at 13:54:05
>In the era in consideration, publication of >negative studies almost never occurred.
There you go.
>Moreover, negative studies teach us nothing, as >we cannot discrimate between failed methodology >and failed drug.
Oh, I see, we only pay attention to postitive trials. That makes a lot of sense.
>We don't take older cars off the road because >they don't meet current emissions/efficiencies >standards, so why should we retrospectively >reassess these drugs based on data collected for >other purposes?
Well, if that level of significance is enough for you then great.
>IMHO, he fished around until he found the >statistics he liked, and he published those and >those alone.
If that is your take.
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