statistical
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Fewer Lyme disease cases occurred among the 9,400 subjects in the study than had been expected, causing it to fall short of one of the study’s key measures of statistical significance.
However, the predetermined statistical criterion was not met in the primary endpoint.
From MarketWatch
Fewer Lyme disease cases were accrued over the study period than anticipated, and the pre-determined statistical criterion wasn’t met in the primary endpoint.
Illinois prohibits using AI in hiring decisions with discriminatory outcomes—a reasonable goal—but defines AI so broadly that nearly any recommendation system, including statistical methods that go back centuries, may be implicated.
Even so, the study's large sample size and statistical approach provide strong evidence that shingles vaccination is associated with a meaningful reduction in heart risk.
From Science Daily
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