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C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 14 hours agoMore like a hypothesis generating survey than an actual research paper. Even so, those are better numbers than a lot of other science headlines have (by orders of magnitude).
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 13 hours ago
By 20%?
C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 13 hours ago
What do you mean?
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 13 hours ago
What metric are you using to evaluate magnitudes for a hypothesis generating survey?
C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 11 hours ago
My point is that a lot of papers that make headlines have participants numbering in the single or double digits, so this is at least better than that. Your point (I assume) is that a low number of participants should be viewed skeptically, and I agree with that.