Study is here: https://journals.ashs.org/horttech/view/journals/horttech/aop/article-10.21273-HORTTECH04427-19/article-10.21273-HORTTECH04427-19.xml …
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Here is that massive, glorious difference that has people the world over buying pot plants:pic.twitter.com/AICUZDhHL9
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It's just absurd If your control is "doing nothing" and your active intervention is "doing something" IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT YOU SEE A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE
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There's also this delightful gem in the Daily Mail Statistical significance =/= practical importance A ONE POINT DIFFERENCE IN AN 80-POINT ANXIETY SCALE PROBABLY DOESN'T MEAN VERY MUCHpic.twitter.com/2fICbvO0MG
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A big shout-out to whoever wrote the press release, because damn this is truly awfulpic.twitter.com/6yd8nY9O4s
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Any researcher anywhere knows that this is almost certainly a meaningless study It's probably just regression to the mean (i.e. people improving just by random variation) And yet, the news is completely uncritical of this fact
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As others are pointing out, there are lots more problems with this study TL:DR desk plants probably don't do very much for your anxiety
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P.s. for all those asking, this particular study was funded by Mitsubishi, who as far as I know don't make houseplantspic.twitter.com/HXHhHmIxb6
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Blog now out on this:https://medium.com/@gidmk/desk-plants-wont-cure-your-work-anxiety-fdf1aa4e1b1d …
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How studies are misused by the press
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Or scientists misuse the press.
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