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[–] Suspicious@lemmy.wtf 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] jjagaimo@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

I'm currently trying to get a small study accepted into a conference made by my wife and myself, seconding this comment