# \#research-method

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## [Comparisons of Physicians and LLMs with Technical Replicates](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/comparisons-of-physicians-and-llms-with-technical-replicates/15508)

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**Author:** [@rjg](https://discourse.datamethods.org/u/rjg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/comparisons-of-physicians-and-llms-with-technical-replicates/15508 "2024-06-06T19:51:32Z")

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Summary of Question: How to compare performance of a large language model (LLM) and physicians on some medical task, using multiple technical replicates from the LLM? I’ve noticed several studies comparing LLMs and phys…

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## [Article: Bayesian Hodges-Lehmann tests for statistical equivalence in the two-sample setting](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/article-bayesian-hodges-lehmann-tests-for-statistical-equivalence-in-the-two-sample-setting/4969)

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**Author:** [@R\_cubed](https://discourse.datamethods.org/u/R_cubed)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/article-bayesian-hodges-lehmann-tests-for-statistical-equivalence-in-the-two-sample-setting/4969 "2021-10-03T12:09:01Z")

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This was just published in August. I have not read the paper in its entirety, but I thought this would be of interest. Addendum: After reading, I thought the paper was a good example of using frequentist criteria to…

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## [CAR T Cells - Major Challenges (Research Methods/Design, Treatment Comparison/Design)](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/car-t-cells-major-challenges-research-methods-design-treatment-comparison-design/3868)

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**Author:** [@sesiegler](https://discourse.datamethods.org/u/sesiegler)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/car-t-cells-major-challenges-research-methods-design-treatment-comparison-design/3868 "2020-10-22T16:41:27Z")

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Major challenges: “(1) As the development of autologous CAR-T therapy may be subject to manufacturing failure, should the randomization occur before or after the ‘successful’ product being developed? (2) Eligible subje…

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## [About the research methods category](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/about-the-research-methods-category/25)

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**Author:** [@f2harrell](https://discourse.datamethods.org/u/f2harrell)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/about-the-research-methods-category/25 "2020-04-17T13:24:01Z")

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Scientific methods, design of studies, experiments, surveys, study interpretation, meta-analysis, research data management

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## [When is Log rank preferred over Univariable Cox regression?](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/when-is-log-rank-preferred-over-univariable-cox-regression/2344)

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**Author:** [@Eslam\_Maher](https://discourse.datamethods.org/u/Eslam_Maher)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/when-is-log-rank-preferred-over-univariable-cox-regression/2344 "2020-04-09T20:10:31Z")

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Hi all, This may sound like an amateur-ish question; but is there ever an advantage for log rank over univariable cox regression? The latter seems to do exactly the same thing log rank does + (a) quantify the relationsh…

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## [Another bad statistical method proposed in sports and exercise science](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/another-bad-statistical-method-proposed-in-sports-and-exercise-science/2240)

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**Author:** [@arcaldwell49](https://discourse.datamethods.org/u/arcaldwell49)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/another-bad-statistical-method-proposed-in-sports-and-exercise-science/2240 "2019-09-12T17:58:29Z")

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Sports and exercise scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about statistics, and this in part may be due to recent criticism of ‘shoddy’ statistics in sport science (see “magnitude based inference”). One area tha…