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They did some statistical tests on the data (look at the bottom of the article) which, AFAIK show that the number of boxes sent is big enough to show a significant difference between packages with atheist branding and those without them.

What is the methodological objection to the article claims?



Oh, yes, sorry. Thanks for pointing that out.

I think that a sample size of 85 (89 marked parcels; 89 unmarked parcels; with 4 removed because of late response) is too small to really know much.

And I think I'm a bit worried about the conclusions being drawn in this thread.


But the t-test says otherwise. Why is it that you find the t-test is wrong?




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