• Suspicious@lemmy.wtf
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    1 year ago

    Reading about medical research on trans people: “4 of the 16 patients studied…” Like why are we even doing rhis

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      Usually case studies and smaller studies like that help to inform hypotheses and gather information about potential issues or confounding variables before running larger or full scale experiments. They’re also cheaper and can help with garnering interest and investment