Can you spot the problem with these headlines? (Level 1) - Jeff Leek & Lucy McGowan
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Date: 2020-08-22
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Galaxis
I think what we should learn from this is that you can only fit several words into a headline; so, it's going to be an abbreviation. For example, Cure cancer will always mean cure this one particular kind of cancer that they studied. Also, may (meaning might) gives an indication that it hasn't been studied all that long and if it ever pans out (and most things don't, it's going to be a long time before it will be used on the general public. And yeah, just know that there will be hype.
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I think what we should learn from this is that you can only fit several words into a headline; so, it's going to be an abbreviation. For example, Cure cancer will always mean cure this one particular kind of cancer that they studied. Also, may (meaning might) gives an indication that it hasn't been studied all that long and if it ever pans out (and most things don't, it's going to be a long time before it will be used on the general public. And yeah, just know that there will be hype.
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Angela
Also, if you randomly divide two groups of men and conducted one experiment, you don't know if the men in one group were predisposed to heart attacks already. It doesn't talk about the health of the individual, prior tests were not done. Had they already been taking aspirin previous to this? It's difficult to conduct ONE experiment on ONE group of people and conclude this. It's an incredibly general statement.
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Also, if you randomly divide two groups of men and conducted one experiment, you don't know if the men in one group were predisposed to heart attacks already. It doesn't talk about the health of the individual, prior tests were not done. Had they already been taking aspirin previous to this? It's difficult to conduct ONE experiment on ONE group of people and conclude this. It's an incredibly general statement.
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based on the information given, maybe its also possible in the 2nd headline that people in the control group was just naturally more prone to heart attacks due to. disorders or age or eating habits in the first place, since they were divided randomly and supposedly not controlled on those aspects? and this could have affected risk of heart attacks alongside aspirin, which could affect the validity of results?
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based on the information given, maybe its also possible in the 2nd headline that people in the control group was just naturally more prone to heart attacks due to. disorders or age or eating habits in the first place, since they were divided randomly and supposedly not controlled on those aspects? and this could have affected risk of heart attacks alongside aspirin, which could affect the validity of results?
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Micheal
I'm glad you covered the breakfast-eating one, that one was such BS, and it annoyed me that news organizations reported it that way.
I feel like number 2 was reaching though. There doesn't exist a large enough physiological difference in the way men's cardiovascular system works versus women's, so I don't think #2 was misleading. In fact, I think adding the in men is overly pedantic.
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I'm glad you covered the breakfast-eating one, that one was such BS, and it annoyed me that news organizations reported it that way.
I feel like number 2 was reaching though. There doesn't exist a large enough physiological difference in the way men's cardiovascular system works versus women's, so I don't think #2 was misleading. In fact, I think adding the in men is overly pedantic.
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Lazergurka
3: 54 I was also thinking that there may be a general trend among non breakfast eaters that they may have generally bad food habbits. But now that they're in the study the breakfast they either were provided or requested to eat was healthier than all other food they ate.
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3: 54 I was also thinking that there may be a general trend among non breakfast eaters that they may have generally bad food habbits. But now that they're in the study the breakfast they either were provided or requested to eat was healthier than all other food they ate.
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Kent
As for those who aren't awared, this is basicly the foundation of analizing the crediblity of a scientific report.
The research paper is also needed to come from a credible sourse/publisher. (this is what wikipedia sadly lacks)
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As for those who aren't awared, this is basicly the foundation of analizing the crediblity of a scientific report.
The research paper is also needed to come from a credible sourse/publisher. (this is what wikipedia sadly lacks)
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Lily
I personally found this kind of too easy and uninspiring. It felt more like a very limited English reading quiz. Might be good for Junior School students though.
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I personally found this kind of too easy and uninspiring. It felt more like a very limited English reading quiz. Might be good for Junior School students though.
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Joann
If you're a Psych student doing research, the part of finding out what's wrong would be under the limitations section for a literature review
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If you're a Psych student doing research, the part of finding out what's wrong would be under the limitations section for a literature review
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Justin
Omg did you just say that men and womens bodies are different? You are about to get banned by all liberals and youtube will demonetize you.
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Omg did you just say that men and womens bodies are different? You are about to get banned by all liberals and youtube will demonetize you.
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