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Re:Elevated rates of autism in transgender and gender-divers... by coolreader18 on Saturday August 15, 2020 @11:19PM (#24174687)
Post-transition transgender people have lower suicide rates and better mental health overall than those that are pre-transition[0].

[0]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24344788/

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Re:Elevated rates of autism in transgender and gender-divers... by engineeringwoke on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:50AM (#24176276)
n = 57. You can't be serious, right?
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Re:Elevated rates of autism in transgender and gender-divers... by chownie on Sunday August 16, 2020 @05:10AM (#24176359)
How large should the sample be before it's substantive?

The British polling institute advises a sample of 1000 for a total UK population of around 60,000,000. Trans people make up 1% so roughly 600,000, with that in mind 57 doesn't seem that low?

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Re:Elevated rates of autism in transgender and gender-divers... by anoncake on Monday August 17, 2020 @06:14AM (#24185765)
The required sample size doesn't depend on population size that much.
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Re:Elevated rates of autism in transgender and gender-divers... by bananaface on Sunday August 16, 2020 @06:24AM (#24176671)
Bigger than 57. Bad power is bad power whether or not it's the best you can get.
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