Ben Recht • 2/27/2026

Defining Normal to See Abnormal

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This article, part of a series on 'Steampunk Data Science,' examines historical nutrition research by scientists like Osborne and Mendel. It details how they used controlled rat growth experiments and single-subject temporal designs—early forms of data analysis—to identify essential nutrients, drawing connections to modern concepts like within-subject crossover designs and baseline comparisons.

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