Comment on: Epidermolysis Bullosa Pruriginosa

What is it about?

Researchers often use false heuristics to justify their failure to adjust for multiple comparisons. This letter debunks three of those false heuristics, which appeared in a study by Kim et al. This letter also notes that one of the main conclusions of Kim et al. appears to contradict their own results.

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Why is it important?

It is important to refute false heuristics wherever they appear--otherwise they continue to be passed on from paper to paper. Also, researchers should be wary of statistical heuristics that only appear in opinion pieces and are not supported by the statistical literature.