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Re:Lady Tasting Brine by spdif899 on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @12:07PM (#39277014)
This same group has a lot of insightful exploration into what they call "N=1" studies. I'm no expert and haven't read but a subset of their work, but my impression is that they understand the limitations quite well and believe there is still value in publishing and trying to understand research with small sample sizes.

Here's their intro article on the idea, which is only the tip of a massive iceberg: https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2023/01/05/n1-introduction/

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Re:Lady Tasting Brine by williamcotton on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @01:05PM (#39277963)
I have no problem with small sample sizes. They form the core of qualitative research. They also don't attempt to speak for broad populations as the details are lost with large sample sizes. I'd prefer if the soft sciences had more qualitative research and left most of the quantitative research to sciences that have a hard control.
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