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by sigi45 3074 days ago
40? so nothing relevant? :(
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Number of samples depends on the effect size. e.g. You only need n=1 to claim a dog can talk.
You realize that statistics is capable of using very small sample sizes right?
And you do realize that 40 is just a tremendious small sample size in comparison to a complex system like a human beeing?

I mean yeah you need one dog who speaks but apparently, when you read other comments, there are enough papers saying the opposite to this one.