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Then you should know that most Canadians do not use periods in the PhD abbreviations.

I am not advocating for or against neck braces. I am, however, an advocate of information that at the very least, imparts a modicum of scientific procedure. Would you want to buy a medication that was approved by a less than scientific standard?

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A correlational study serves only to describe or predict behavior, not to explain it. Always remember that correlation does not imply causation. Since there is no random assignment to conditions, a researcher cannot rule out the possibility that there is a third variable affecting the relationship between the two variables measured. Even if there is no third variable, it is...

Are you aware that an ambulance company who transports riders to the hospital wrote this less than professional report? Do you think that the hospital divulged private information on the details of the patients? All this report is telling everyone is that a tiny percent of riders had injuries with and without a brace. That isn't enough information to make...

That is not what it says. introducing the standard brace showed negligible brace to helmet interaction prior to onset of the predicted neck injury,and resulted in an insignificant reduction in injury risk The ineffectiveness of the neck brace was attributed to the standoff distance between the brace and the helmet (~50mm) being greater than the amount of neck compression at...

The EMS is an ambulance company in Michigan. They are not qualified to submit such claims. This study was not done by the ambulance company. It was performed by the University of Virginia.

If someone measured for all of those variables, the data sets would be significantly different, but we do not know if any of those circumstances are attributable to the injury. That's the point. In order to conclude a correlation, between neck brace and decrease of injury, you must operationalize the variables, then assign measurement criteria. This was not done and...

Here is a study that was done by University of Virginia. It states that based on laboratory testing, more needs to be researched. http://ibrc.osu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Abstract_2016_Sathyanara…

So, you are saying that the scientific nature of a study is irrelevant? Who do you work for, The FDA? Oh, no, you are one of the Big Pharma executives. Yes, I recognize your Atlas icon. The scientific method, as flawed as it is, is the only objective measure of how we are to base findings for daily decision making...

I am sorry but this report is less than scientific. Where's the correlation coefficient to show strength of cause and effect? And even then, it doesn't prove anything. Even in the best of designs, there is never conclusive evidence that one thing causes another, only that there is relational strength and weakness. Or that there is , no correlation at...