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Twenty-nine research teams analyzed the same data, and they all reached different results. (fivethirtyeight.com)

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https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-isnt-broken/

Another study with the same goal of comparing the results from different research teams found similar disparities, though the graphs aren't quite as pretty.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Why have 4 of the studies seemingly not used error bars at all‽ Like I get that different analyses will arrive at different results, but they should always have error bars, right?