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Vince_peak t1_ix0xlda wrote

Reply to comment by jonathansanto in Number of closer friends related to less sleeping difficulties among bullied Brazilian adolescents by jonathansanto

I think in this case we're falling into the Simpson paradox, that's a don't do in data analysis, hence the conclusions are a logical fallacy.

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jonathansanto OP t1_ix1d94j wrote

There’s a large body of literature on this topic. I think it’s a little simplistic to dismiss it all out of hand.

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Vince_peak t1_ix1uzjc wrote

I'm only referring to the statistical aspect, I don't doubt that having friend helps coping with any problem in life. That actually seems so obvious that it feels absurd that anyone wants to publish a paper about it... Hence I'm not surprised the statistical méthod is rubbish.

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jonathansanto OP t1_ix2f165 wrote

I’m curious. What would propose having done instead?

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