[swyx]

this was excellent and necessary context on all fluff pieces like the OP. how can we automate this kind of analysis?

[esoleyman]

You can't automate it. You have to look at the data and charts to figure out the specifics you want and then you plug and chug. I haven't looked deeply at this though but whenever researchers use relative risk and it shows a profound effect, I always calculate the absolute risk to make sure that the intervention is effective.

Many researchers go to relative risk because it shows better results!

[netruk44]

I know everyone hates "I asked ChatGPT" comments but...I feel it's relevant here.

It came to roughly the same conclusion as the gp comment when provided with the study PDF.

https://chatgpt.com/share/66eb09e3-7a74-8008-afa8-3b60161d24...

(Though obviously this approach still requires you to go and look at the PDF yourself to make sure it isn't making anything up)

[staticman2]

I think that ChatGPT result is a Rorschach test, it wrote things like "The percentage reduction could be exaggerated based..."

Could is doing a lot of work in letting you interpret what it's saying however you like.

[moralestapia]

>How can we automate this kind of analysis?

Happy to talk about it.

Are you in the Healthcare industry?

[moralestapia]

Update (3 days later):

It was bs, as usual.