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by bildung 3924 days ago
>> "Its an experimental study, the number of subjects isn't really that important."

I'd be interested to understand why this is?

I replied to cossatot below in more detail. The short version: In studies like this one, N isn't 5, but humans(e.g. the original N) x treatment repetitions x measurement points.

You are right that it would be dangerous to ignore it, that wasn't what I implied.