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		tmaly 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The language brain matters more for programming th... I just started reading this. Only 42 people in this study and only 36 completed the activity. I am a bit skeptical about the findings with such a small sample size.

3pt14159 5 months ago [–]

That's what I was going to say. Big conclusions based of tiny sample sizes are ridiculous.

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