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About disproving correlation, the article cites: > college students who were asked to reduce their social media use for three weeks generally experienced menta
by thih9 3y ago
About disproving correlation, the article cites:
> college students who were asked to reduce their social media use for three weeks generally experienced mental health benefits compared to the control group
But that's still correlation. Maybe it was the change, the extra attention, or some other factor that caused their mental health to improve? The linked study was short term and lasted three weeks - if they spent more time without social media then perhaps their mental health would get even worse than at the start?
- drawkward 3y ago>But that's still correlation. Depends on the experimental design. If it was an RCT with sufficient sample size, it would be causal.