• june@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’m curious to understand more of the setting where they collected this data.

    If they collected it from volunteers who signed up for studies, then I’d question whether or not the data collected is reliable. In a clinical setting people are more likely to push through discomfort than they are at home on their phone. I don’t have the stamina to look through every referenced study to try and suss it out though.

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      8 months ago

      I don’t have the stamina to look through every referenced study to try and suss it out though.

      Yeah… Because that’s already accounted for… Like nearly every study that’s been peer reviewed and definitely meta analysis studies…

      Data science has come a long way since 80 years ago lol.

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        8 months ago

        I’ve seen a lot of modern studies with questionable data collection. It was a significant portion of a few of my psych and sociology classes in college.

        The nature of this study would suggest to me that they take it into account as it doesn’t feel like it’s pushing an agenda, but it’s still good to be skeptical. Especially with regards to such vague and difficult to assess responses.