they should begin, stress, and end with that
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Agreed. Imagine how much more accurate the reporting would be!
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or if they dropped the phrase, "some scientists say." Really, who? You're a reporter, that's pretty important info.
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If they weren't lazy and linked to the original goddam study
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@OLAdams Or were replaced BY mice...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PauliOhukainen fair! As long "merely a correlation in a small number of healthy college students" is also used appropriately :-) -
but yes, I agree all media should say what model the work was done in and why. That's what we try to do.
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the other 1% could be improved by forcing them to take a few science classes as well as a statistics course.
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I'm always shocked by how few of them know the very basics of stats. It's not hard to understand relative vs absolute risk!
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I'm sure all 3 happen.
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It's just maddening, because no one would ever write an article about a book without reading it (for example)
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