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Does "well-documented problem" mean "well-recorded problem" here?

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oristarA
 
Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 09:04 am

Context:
Surgery clinical trial results selectively reported

(Reuters Health) - Selective reporting of positive results from drug clinical trials is a well-documented problem, but a new study finds that trials of surgical treatments have an even worse track record.

Researchers who looked at hundreds of surgery clinical trials found that many set out to answer one question but ended up focusing on something else, leading to less reliable evidence being published. Others never bothered to state a goal for their study or published results while the trial was still going on.

"We know that this is a huge problem in medicine, and one that we've known about for three decades," Dr. Ben Goldacre, a UK doctor and founder of Alltrials.net told Reuters Health by email.
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engineer
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 09:41 am
@oristarA,
Yes, well recorded, frequently reported on.
mark noble
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 09:52 am
No, it doesn't.
And who, TRULY, gives a ****?
dalehileman
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 09:56 am
@mark noble,
Quote:
And who, TRULY, gives a ****?
Why Mark such reaction

Clearly Ori from the clash above

Quote:
Selective reporting of positive results from drug clinical trials is a well-documented problem
isn't entirely clear, an immediate knee-jerk of Your Typical Averages Clod (me) being, "Just exactly what is it about the selective reporting that's a problem"

But lacking further input from Mark, in answer to your q yes I'd agree with Eng
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oristarA
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 11:02 am
@engineer,
engineer wrote:

Yes, well recorded, frequently reported on.


Thanks.
It doesn't mean "well-proved"?
oristarA
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 11:03 am
@mark noble,
mark noble wrote:

No, it doesn't.
And who, TRULY, gives a ****?


Who are you? Why are you overreacted like this?
mark noble
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 11:12 am
@oristarA,
Who are you?
And why do you question me?
Fuckin conceited ****!
engineer
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 11:28 am
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:

It doesn't mean "well-proved"?

No, not really. "Frequently reported on" is probably the best translation. If you read that "Poor housing conditions in this city are well documented", there has not really been any proving going on. It just means that the conditions have been reported on many times or in great detail.
oristarA
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 05:09 pm
@engineer,
engineer wrote:

oristarA wrote:

It doesn't mean "well-proved"?

No, not really. "Frequently reported on" is probably the best translation. If you read that "Poor housing conditions in this city are well documented", there has not really been any proving going on. It just means that the conditions have been reported on many times or in great detail.


Cool.
Thank you.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 05:11 pm
@mark noble,
mark noble wrote:

Who are you?
And why do you question me?
Fuckin conceited ****!


Well now you've showed your rude and ignorant side.
Are you seeking to be banned in A2K?
roger
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 05:27 pm
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:

Well now you've showed your rude and ignorant side.
Are you seeking to be banned in A2K?


Are you implying he has another side?
mark noble
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 06:14 pm
@oristarA,
What, again?
Are you kidding me?

Been trying to leave this asylum for fckin ever!
Anyway, don't call me rude you wanker or I will find where you live and piss in your fruitbowl while you sleep!

LOL, Apples will always remind you of this comment from this day forth.... Just eat em fella!
oristarA
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 06:28 pm
@roger,
roger wrote:

oristarA wrote:

Well now you've showed your rude and ignorant side.
Are you seeking to be banned in A2K?


Are you implying he has another side?


Well, I think I've put it in a far too larger context - the philosophical idea "all men are created equal." Razz

You've sounded like that he's a rat, a troublemaker. Very Happy

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oristarA
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 06:34 pm
@mark noble,
mark noble wrote:

What, again?
Are you kidding me?

Been trying to leave this asylum for fckin ever!
Anyway, don't call me rude you wanker or I will find where you live and piss in your fruitbowl while you sleep!

LOL, Apples will always remind you of this comment from this day forth.... Just eat em fella!


I wonder whether your pet often pisses in your fruitbowl while you sleep and you've mistakenly drunk it a lot, which makes you angry and you come here to seek comfort by throwing yourself into a temper tantrum for no reason? Razz
mark noble
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 07:03 pm
@oristarA,
I don't get angry luv.
I'm just having fun....... at others'/other's expense.
But, these guys can take it, in fact, some of them look forward to it.Smile
mark noble
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 07:05 pm
@mark noble,
And I don't eat fruit btw.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Tue 16 Apr, 2013 08:22 pm
@mark noble,
mark noble wrote:

I don't get angry luv.
I'm just having fun....... at others'/other's expense.
But, these guys can take it, in fact, some of them look forward to it.Smile


What? Maybe a large proportion of the populace have been inclined to masochism these days.
mark noble
 
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Reply Fri 3 May, 2013 07:19 am
@oristarA,
Yep, it's less consequential than sadism......
Fucktard-breath.
You got your period? Coz you're wasting many words on your pathetic rebuff.
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