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Don’t researchers generally try to control for such factors when making a study like this? I am at work so I’m a little too busy to pick through this one right
by smcl 6y ago
Don’t researchers generally try to control for such factors when making a study like this? I am at work so I’m a little too busy to pick through this one right now, but it sounds like you’re concerned about this, so it’s worth checking before drawing any conclusions
- loceng 6y agoIt should but no, the opposite is true with most large observational studies - they don't refine the questions or give enough options to account for nuance.
- dagorenouf 6y agoThey seldom do. When you go down that rabbit hole you realize "science" is an industry like every other, subject to the same forces (wanting to be published, to get media coverage, etc). Reminds me of https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39054778 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39054778