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> In our survey of 846 respondents representing the general population, we found that digital hoarding can lead to higher levels of anxiety. Statistically, 37%
by peteforde 4y ago
> In our survey of 846 respondents representing the general population, we found that digital hoarding can lead to higher levels of anxiety. Statistically, 37% of one's total level of anxiety, measured using an established depression, anxiety, and stress scale, was explained by digital hoarding.
I'm sorry: if there is a human who can attribute 37% of their total life anxiety to having too many files stored, they probably own a yacht.
What a fantastically stupid sentence.
- sidewndr46 4y agoWe'd need to dig through the study itself and whatever information was available about it. But typically what you'll find what was that responders to the survey answered a series of questions about storage & anxiety. The researchers then concluded 37% of their total anxiety came from the data stored. How this was reached is missing from this report it seems. Also there should be some sort of uncertainty or confidence interval associated with it.
- Root_Denied 4y agoI think it's worded poorly and that the implication is that people are experiencing anxiety thinking about their files due to concern about losing those files, not from having them in the first place.