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A recent study suggests that the BBC uses phrases like 'a recent study suggests' when they actually mean there's some anecdotal evidence.
by t0rt01se 5y ago
A recent study suggests that the BBC uses phrases like 'a recent study suggests' when they actually mean there's some anecdotal evidence.
- ramraj07 5y agoRead the article. It's a decent controlled study.
- t0rt01se 5y agoA 'decent controlled study' suggests that 'decent controlled studies' measuring 'charitable impulses' are not all that decent or controlled.
- xondono 5y ago“Decent controlled study” might be a little of a stretch for something that’s basically self reported and has effect sizes this small (<20%).
- AdrianB1 5y agoIn Romania we have a couple of expressions with very specific meaning: - some guy asks on Radio Erevan (Yerevan, Armenia) => that is obviously a joke - the UK scientists discovered that => rumors and unsubstantiated claims