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[–] vrek@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is an important fact your missing. Tests that are not correlated to anything is still useful data. Like say you're studying a person's concentration ability, you find their calcium levels in their blood has no effect on their concentration that's still useful data. Not as flashy as a new medicine that does improve it but it's still useful so you can elimate the need for more research in that direction.

[–] Starik@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

She might just be saying that it takes a long time to run 1 sample, and it doesn’t feel like much got done by the end of the day.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

True, but as a lab rat she should understand sample size including the time it takes her to run a sample...