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If you have a statistics background, it's pretty easy to tell that it's significant given the numbers (2 of 41 in the fish oil group and 11 of 40 in the placebo
by vomjom 17y ago
If you have a statistics background, it's pretty easy to tell that it's significant given the numbers (2 of 41 in the fish oil group and 11 of 40 in the placebo).
The exact p-value is in the paper (0.007), or very significant. It's often difficult to get those kind of p-values in real world settings:
http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/67/2/146?lookupType=volpage&vol=67&fp=146&view=short http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/67/2/146?l...
- rms 17y agoWow. That's almost unbelievably significant for a study of a damn nutritional supplement. If this is replicable, let's hope this leads to new, more effective treatments for mental illness.
- Frazzydee 17y agoThank you for that. I don't have a statistics background, so I was a bit unsure of how seriously I should take the findings given that it was described as "preliminary."