Re:Marshmallow Test Fails to Replicate
by matthewdgreen on Friday August 02, 2024 @04:50PM
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We constantly see small medical studies (<100 participants) posted here on HN that produce exciting results, which then disappear from view and/or fall apart when replicated with larger cohorts.
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Re:Marshmallow Test Fails to Replicate
by llamaimperative on Saturday August 03, 2024 @11:00AM
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How is this different from science working?
Re:Marshmallow Test Fails to Replicate
by kjkjadksj on Saturday August 03, 2024 @01:31PM
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When it happens in the hard sciences its science working, when it happens in the soft sciences its a replication crisis.
Re:Marshmallow Test Fails to Replicate
by llamaimperative on Saturday August 03, 2024 @04:16PM
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Haha that seems to be the case!
Re:Marshmallow Test Fails to Replicate
by pessimizer on Saturday August 03, 2024 @12:54PM
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If that didn't happen, it would mean that math was broken. That's how statistics is supposed to work.