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One Netflix show causing a 29% increase in suicide rates? Numbers like these from studies with ‘adjusted for’ stats should cause an immediate reaction of “Nope” or less politely “Bullshit.”https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1123240275869040640 …
I actually tried to pull the data they looked at (though I could only find CDC data aggregated by age into clusters for 5-14 & 15-24 years) to visualize. What I saw showed a clear & concerning upward trend in suicides over 5 years but nothing remarkable for April 2017
Will share when I get to my laptop. I don't know that I'd dismiss an effect altogether, but it definitely looks in the realm of "a small handful of suicides are possibly attributable" at most, and I don't think that's the takeaway most folks are getting
I also couldn't find any monthly data at all (I only looked at CDC WISQARS and WONDER). FWIW, the yearly data shows a clear up trend for all groups but particular 10-14 & 15-19, with 2017 being the highest. Also the homicide rate did not trend up as the researcher noted
You made my day. I appreciate knowing there are people who actually look into reports...knowing there is a reproducibility problem.
Someone in the comments of/r/science pointed out it looked like p-hacking. Multiple cohorts tested, only reported the results for one of them.
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