One reason why you shouldn't use a calculator on a mobile phone

[Bill (Smithville NJ)]

(01-26-2017 04:50 PM)toml_12953 Wrote:  The researchers should have had a general idea of the amount of caffeine they would administer. No one should just plug numbers into any calculating device without knowing what a reasonable answer might be. A dosage that high should have raised a red flag in their minds!

Tom L

Exactly!

Unfortunately, many people do not have any idea of what correct ranges for their calculations should be. I've run into this many times.

Back in the Slide Rule days, the first thing we did was do a quick, back of the envelope, calculation to see what the overall magnitude of the result should be. This ability to do back of envelope estimates is largely gone today.

I would think that most researchers would have parameters established for the min/max levels to be administrated. Sounds to me like research protocols were either not established or not followed.

Bill
Smithville, NJ