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This study? That's my point, an overall trend in a statistic with multiple confounding variables says nothing at all about any specific variable. The study is
by Ensorceled 11y ago
This study? That's my point, an overall trend in a statistic with multiple confounding variables says nothing at all about any specific variable. The study is either correct or flawed. The overall crime rate is NOT evidence against nor for the study.
- dahart 11y agoYeah, you're right. Sorry I'm not being clear & maybe sounding argumentative too. I'm really responding not to the study itself, and not to the direct conclusions they make, but to the suggestions and implications they leave open. The study says one thing, but the presentation says something else, and it is implying that this is a stepping stone to showing that violent games do affect the crime rate, and "negative outcomes" in general for children who play violent video games. I'm responding to this speculation. You're right that the overall crime rate doesn't say anything about this study, but it does say something about the implication they're trying to make in this press release, and the future work and courses of action they suggest in this study's conclusions.
- Ensorceled 11y agoAh, got it. Yeah, I hate that section of papers; "I've shown small, isolated result X. Perhaps this implies large, wildly extraordinarily speculative claim Y."