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>Further examination revealed that support for BWT-related hypotheses has been overstated owing to data censoring and the failure to consistently include critic
by feet 4y ago
>Further examination revealed that support for BWT-related hypotheses has been overstated owing to data censoring and the failure to consistently include critical covariates, like socioeconomic status and collective efficacy
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027795361830649X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02779...
- ChrisLomont 4y agoThat paper is not about the BWT, but about BWT applied to health outcomes. And the next sentence you didn't quote states that even in that case BWT has truth to it. Such dishonesty over and over...
- feet 4y agoNo, it actually does not. Emphasis mine >Even where there is evidence that BWT impacts outcomes, it is driven by studies that measured disorder as the perceptions of the focal individual, potentially conflating pessimism about the neighborhood with mental health. This states that the perception of disorder does not necessarily match up with reality and that the conclusion of said study is flawed
- dang 4y agoPlease don't cross into flamewar or personal swipes, regardless of how you feel about someone else's comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html