#randomized trials

[eideard]

Bring on the eggs!

Bring on the eggs!

❝ Dietary cholesterol limits should be abandoned and vegetarian and Mediterranean diets recommended, according to an advisory committee report that will shape the nation’s dietary guidelines. The scientific advisory report…will form the foundation for the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, to be released by the federal departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services after a public…

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[economistsdoitwithmodels]

Just in time for the annual meeting of the American Economic Association.

[whyshouldeye]

I joke with my graduate students they need to get as many technical skills as possible as PhD students because the moment they graduate it’s a slow decline into obsolescence. And of course by “joke” I mean “cry on the … Continue reading →

[moonhawk-work]

“Blind Trials”

Perhaps this will not end with such a clean identification!

(xkcd 1462)

[grandlexemes]

The Hyper-Efficient, Highly Scientific Scheme to Help the World's Poor - Wired Science

"J-PAL and IPA aren’t just carrying out trials; they’re also coordinating—and championing—the use of randomized controlled trials throughout the social sciences. As part of that effort, they’re building a master registry, overseen by the American Economic Association, to provide a transparent record of trials across disciplines. By showing all the ways that rigorous studies can be carried out with modest budgets and small staffs, these organizations have allowed a tool once confined to medical trials to help investigate just about anything."

[nebulae12]

The statistician Paul Meier died this week. He was 87. It is estimated that his work and his advocacy in medical statistics have been responsible for saving millions of lives.