Not so blind after all
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Doctors participating in clinical trials may be interfering with the randomness, and therefore the objectivity of the studies, by selecting the sickest patients for a new drug treatment. Statisticians at the Center for Disease Control have released a study pointing to the irregularities in clinical trials.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
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The MBAs of summer
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Many people refuse to believe that baseball is a business, but economists believe that baseball leagues are motivated by profits. An economist has developed a 'quality-adjusted ticket price,' which shows dollars per game won.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
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To Err is Mechanical
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The error rates for computer memory is extremely slim. But as computer memory capacity grows, those small statistics have grown along with them.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
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