haloxt
Headphoneus Supremus
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Maybe I'm wrong, but I think you are underestimating how side effects of pills may contribute to placebo. Even if you tested a billion test subjects, the side effects (or main effects) of a pill and how it may affect placebo must be considered. For example, something drastic happens when I take a pill, like it makes my two big toes swollen. I consciously think, Oh my, the pill must be working and I feel relieved with all the subsequent placebo effects. Some people might not experience it, others might experience the opposite and panic and result in nocebo. All this has to be accounted for while interpreting data regardless of the number of test subjects.
If what I said above is true, the bearing it has on cable testing is that cable testing should be pretty darn simple to do and interpret, and hopefully we see less of pro-cablers saying dbt is not an ideal test method.
If what I said above is true, the bearing it has on cable testing is that cable testing should be pretty darn simple to do and interpret, and hopefully we see less of pro-cablers saying dbt is not an ideal test method.