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Re:Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases d... by soneca on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @06:42PM (#16227410)
Great "credibility check". There should be a "nutriction facts table" for scientific papers quoted at articles. Sample size, preregistration, replication, p-value.

At least a practice to include that in the abstract

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Re:Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases d... by pjmorris on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @08:40PM (#16228101)
Maybe along the lines of 'A statistical definition for reproducibility and replicability'? I think there are more attributes to be included, but it seems like a good place to start on a 'nutrition label' for papers.

[0] https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/07/29/066803

[1] https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/scifigure/index.html

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