If you had those results with 37 self-identified individuals then it's pretty solid. Try and think of anything where 37 people would be in such consistent agreement.

For a study this invasive, that's pretty good. I mean, if you're just getting people to complete surveys or following up on outpatient treatment outcomes, you want a participant no. in the hundreds, but for a study where participants were provided with every meal AND had their urine and faeces regularly tested, that's…

I'm sure it's not all bad, but what I've had is also taste free. I am glad there are options for people who need the alternatives and equally glad I don't have to eat it.

Definitely. But it does mean it's less generalizable. 37 self identified subjects doesn't exactly make for flawless research findings. It's a huge start but I'm curious to see how it shakes out going forward.

I learned about this really interesting equation in grad school that talked about social science research and determining the appropriate sample size to have decent stats without skewing your results.

Right, but for the purposes of analysis, if it's signifiant then it's significant. A bigger sample size might give you more of a chance of finding a result, but if you can find a significant result with a sample size of 30, from a statistical perspective that's just as valid.

I don't buy into the idea that there is nothing in modern food products causing these reactions — mass hysteria isn't a good enough explanation for the ample evidence that something is screwing with people's systems. But our rush to identify a culprit ultimately plays into the hands of people who want to claim nothing…

I kind of hope it is the "pest resistant protein". Think of the potential pest jokes I can make at my (non Celiac but can't digest wheat properly) sister's expense! :)

I'm glad for the discourse, I'm somewhat more glad for the views. Honestly, this was written much off the top of my head from notes and a previous undergraduate paper I put together like a decade ago. It's not a true academic treatise. I can answer a lot of the objections if I were to pull out the books and start…

I shared this story not long ago on another post, but I'll share my rom-com prom story.

That's true—but I always viewed that as restraint on the part of the author, I guess. This is probably because I read these books for the first time as a young straight girl, so it didn't occur to me to question my initial impressions. It is definitely true that Anne sees Gilbert as just a friend for a long, long…

I might feel more convinced if I read the whole work by Robinson, but I have to say I really disagree with this. I don't disagree with the idea that Anne is homoromantic in that she feels romantic love for other women, just with the notion that she is not in love with Gilbert. I'm not sure how this would "label" her,…

This is interesting. As far as secretly gay literary icons go, I find the argument for Jo March being a lesbian more compelling, but I can see how this interpretation would make sense. Anne was always more about friendship and imagination than romance. Though I think this author overlooks some of the Gilbert/Anne…

People don't agree and I don't give a fuuuuuuck. This movie was a fun live action anime with characters I actually cared about. Plus Matthew Fox as my favorite live action Batman. Kung Fu fights with cars people!!!

Galaxy Quest. Could you really expect much from a Tim Allen centric Trek parody? Apparently yes, you could.

I worked at a movie theater when this was coming out so I had to suffer through the previews for it over and over, and while I thought it would be enjoyable, I had no expectations for a movie that was based on an amusement park ride. Then I watched it. Then I watched it again. Then I watched it roughly 20 times before…

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