In medicine, there is automatic

*Quotation
2020
Observational studies
Author

Steve Simon

Published

May 23, 2020

In [medicine] there is automatic downgrading of observational studies below randomized (no matter how fine the former or irrelevant the latter - med RCTs are notorious for patient selectivity).

Found at https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/05/13/is-jama-potentially-guilty-of-manslaughter/.

An earlier version is here.