Posted by desolationrower on April 30, 2010, at 10:34:38
In reply to Re: placebo » desolationrower, posted by SLS on April 28, 2010, at 13:01:51
> > I mean that as the number of trials increases, the placebo effect asymptotically approaches zero.
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> I am still pretty clueless as to what you are describing here. Is this something you found in the article or is it a commonly observed phenomenon?
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> - Scottthere, i drew a chart, maybe that will make sense. i'm basing it on what i recall of various trials taht either were with fresh people, or people who have been on things before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/dwb/placebo.jpg
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