• vrek@programming.devEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    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.worldEnglish
      1·
      24 hours ago

      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.devEnglish
        1·
        22 hours ago

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