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		davak on Sept 19, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “We don’t do autism” "Normal" lab values are typically the 95% range of normal people tested. This is why over-testing is dangerous; about one out of twenty tests will be abnormal in normal folks.

skj on Sept 20, 2015 [–]

Your conclusion is true only if the results of these tests are completely unrelated to each other.

Over-testing is still a problem, but it's important to use correct statistical modeling.

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