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by itsdrewmiller 984 days ago
Reporting it in the more dramatic way puts a lot of emphasis on the starting conditions of what were supposed to be randomized groups - I think it would be more misleading the way you propose. If you invert it and report on the % reduction in the bad thing, the numbers would be almost the same as those they report.

The part about people dropping out is complete speculation, right?