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by SAI_Peregrinus 2008 days ago
> For some reason, this turned out to work better than the intended regimen (90 % vs 60 % in the other trial).

The difference isn't actually statistically significant. It's probably 60-70% effective overall.

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It is utterly impossible for two trials of that size (thousands) to result in 60% and 90% effectiveness, respectively, by chance. I can't quite do a t-test in my head any more, but I'd guess that difference passes the 5% significance threshold somewhere around n=30.