Was asked to give stats advice on an RCT of stem cells from placental tissue. I sat in the meeting, 30 weeks pregnant, while (male) PIs discussed logistics of getting my donated placenta across state lines so it could be included. No one asked my thoughts. I have never felt so invisible. #episky

Clinician on Friday: I have 20 patients, 5 have a condition and 15 do not. How do I get a p-value showing that my data is significant? Me: What is your hypothesis? Clinician: I don't have one. How do I get a p-value? #statsky #biostats #episky

Real conversation from biostat consult (outcome was measured on discharge from hospital): Biostat: 'I notice you excluded the participants who died?' Investigator: 'Yes, because there was no outcome' Biostat: 'I would argue that there is an outcome...' #statsky #biostats

"What's the aim of your analysis? What is your research question" Clinician who fit 14 versions of the same regression and came to me for help: "This wasn't a part of the original project. I just wanted to see if anything was significant. I don't really have an aim." #biostatistics #academia

"I did an analysis for the director of a clinical group at my hospital and they published it without naming me, or allowing me to see/edit the manuscript. They cheerfully told me it had been published when I ran into them in the carpark about 3 months later."

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