In all seriousness, it seems that today’s “scientists” in the public health area are experts in complex regression analysis, but that’s about it. If I had a dollar for every “this is associated with that” study that has come out in the past few years I would be a very rich person.
Yes, and data analysis can always be set up in such a way that it confirms beliefs held before the work started. The study mentioned here is a good example.
In all seriousness, it seems that today’s “scientists” in the public health area are experts in complex regression analysis, but that’s about it. If I had a dollar for every “this is associated with that” study that has come out in the past few years I would be a very rich person.
Yes, and data analysis can always be set up in such a way that it confirms beliefs held before the work started. The study mentioned here is a good example.
It has been proven that if you avoid alchohol and drink only green tea, there is a 99% chance that you will be miserable and depressed!