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Left-right spatial agnosia and other mental defects that characterize clinical researchers
1Algorithms Incorporated, Northridge, California 91325.
Abstract:
There are mathematical rules for determining the logical significance of data, just as there are such rules for determining the statistical significance of data. Logical significance reflects the question a study is asking, whereas statistical significance reflects how well it has been answered. Clinical researchers routinely make an incorrect determination as to their study's logical significance because of a spatial (left-right) agnosia. More diffuse cognitive dysfunctions are encouraged by journals that expect clinicians to report on a study as a prerequisite for communicating their pre-existing opinions. The unwillingness or inability of the clinical community to acknowledge this problem reflects a related anosagnosia.