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Originally Posted by feralBoy
13 men, and 14 women? is that even a large enough sample size?
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I'd say no, but that's the stats person in me talking. To accept a sample size that small I'd want to see another study that would support representational sampling (giving an idea of what sample size would represent a good cross section). I'm not always sure that studies done on people can be trusted, especially with fat loss/muscle gain. Unless you're locking them all in a room, feeding them the same (adjusted for size) amount of food, and controlling their other movements, how can you really be sure it's the exercise only?
ie. I worked in two different plants doing roughly the same job (title). One I was at my desk most of the day, the second I almost never sat down except for breaks. How do they account for other environmental factors?
My favourite saying: There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.
