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One would hope any study comparing statistics between countries would normalize for differences in thresholds and time frames. But maybe not?
by mrandish 2y ago
One would hope any study comparing statistics between countries would normalize for differences in thresholds and time frames. But maybe not?
- potato3732842 2y agoIt's a systemic problem. The people crunching the numbers want to leave open the door to future research. If they ask X and crunch numbers and get answer Y but think it could be explained by Z they'll just leave it at Y and make Z it's own follow up so then can get credit for two rather than one. The people summarizing it for mass market consumption have every incentive to go with the most outrageous interpretations of Y because that's what grabs eyeballs and that's how they get paid. And this is before you account for all the bad actors who'll willfully make little "oversights" like not correcting for stats across countries because they or their backers or colleagues they're trying to curry favor with have an axe to grind and want to see a particular result.