"I Need to Know How Many Patients I Need": This Is My Scientific (and Statistical) Life

Not to pick on anyone, but this is what I go through with far too many projects:

"My grant is due tomorrow. I just need to know...."

And: "I can put you on my grant for a 0.5% FTE..."

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He should just use the biomechanics method: You need 4 animals. If you need more after that, get some more. If you need less, determine if they're edible or make good pets.

At least he went to that statistician *before* doing the study, instead of once everything is done and the mice are dead, with a quivering grad student handing you a jumbled mess of an excel sheet and telling you with hopeful eyes that their chances of graduating before the getting-kicked-out deadline hinge on the resulting sacrosanct "p".

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shrug...

Canucks A.L.

By Autistic Lurker (not verified) on 19 Sep 2010 #permalink

This video contains content from Comcast Entertainment Group, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.

And I'm in UK :(

Actually, I've already watched it once before, but it's so funny I'd love to see it again and pass it on. Does anyone know if there's a copy of it on some other YouTube channel or whatever?

By Dave, London (not verified) on 19 Sep 2010 #permalink

"This video contains content from Comcast Entertainment Group"

Huh!? That is the L.A group behind 'E! Entertainment'.

What content of this video are they claiming ownership of ? The dialog? The setting?

Did they see it on the internet and decided that they would claim copyright to it? Why !? How !?

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

I had three biostatisticians hovering around my desk LOL'ing hard at that.

By Rogue Epidemiologist (not verified) on 20 Sep 2010 #permalink