Do you understand stats? The week to week analysis of weight...

Do you understand stats? The week to week analysis of weight loss for the 1mg dose showed a p value of <0.0001; I have never heard of a value so low. There is a 99.99% chance that the drug caused the weight loss. A 95% is taken a statistically significant.

People are looking at the p<0.1 figure from first to last, when they should be looking at p<0.0001.

The main difference between the phase 2 and phase 3 trial is number of participants. Phase 2 was 300, Phase 3 will be a few thousand.

The aim of the trials is to see if the drug works and has any side effects. Phase 3, because of the number of participants is taken as the final say.

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