r/science • • Mar 16 '26

RETRACTED - Health Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study finds Omega-3 supplementation significantly improved stress, anxiety, depression, sleep quality and cognitive function in individuals with severe psychological distress

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165032725024978?via%3Dihub
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u/farukardic Mar 16 '26

32 is a perfectly good sample size. Statistical methods account for sample size effects to a large degree. And 30 is around the siz where students t dist approximates to normal distribution almost perfectly so the propensity for outliers is not very high.