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Maple Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

insufficient events

However, in these trials, there were insufficient events (in this case, deaths) to detect small, but clinically important, differences in overall mortality.

How to understand "insufficient events" here? (The incidence not big enough?)

Thanks in advance!
  

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" Insufficient evidence is a reason someone doesn't get charged with (or convicted of) a crime. But then I read it again! " Insufficient events means it didn't happen enough times.

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  • " Insufficient evidence is a reason someone doesn't get charged with (or convicted of) a crime.
  • But then I read it again!
  • " Insufficient events means it didn't happen enough times.
  • Not enough people died to show a pattern.
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Hi Maple,

When I first saw your post and saw "trials" I thought you meant "evidence." Insufficient evidence is a reason someone doesn't get charged with (or convicted of) a crime. But then I read it again!

When you are doing a study on something, whatever thing you are looking for is an "event." Insufficient events means it didn't happen enough times. Not enough people died to sh
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Thanks for your quick response.

It helps!

Cheers!

Maple
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Just a little FYI, Maple. (FYI - for your information)
Another way of saying there were insufficient events in scientific papers is there were not enough data points.

CJ
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(FYI - for your information)
Received and learned by me. Nice!
......there were not enough data points.
Useful information!

Thank you very much!
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