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Why do purely observational studies fail so often despite finding such clear associations? The diet soda example tells the tale. All of those alternative theories I mentioned can be boiled down to a single, devastating possibility: what if diet soda drinkers are just fundamentally different from regular soda drinkers, in any of the ways I mentioned, and this difference colors everything about the way they live and behave? Scientists call this the selection effect, or selection bias. When human b
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― The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry
― The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry
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Unsurprisingly, they found that the people who stuck with either treatment—AA or professional treatment—did significantly better than those who did not. These were the compliers.
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― The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry
― The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry
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The Wisdom of the Twelve Steps is a series of workbooks – one for each step – de-signed to assis…more
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