Links For April

Published: April 14, 2021, 12:39 a.m.

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/links-for-april

[Remember, I haven\u2019t independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spotting evidence that around two or three of the links in each links post are wrong or misleading. I correct these as I see them, and will highlight important corrections later, but I can\u2019t guarantee I will have caught them all by the time you read this.]

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1:\xa0A link between childhood \u201cscreen time\u201d and attention problems has - say it with me -\xa0failed to replicate. The paper is especially interesting for using a \u201cmultiverse analysis\u201d:

We evaluated 848 models, including logistic regression as per the original paper, plus linear regression and twoforms of propensity score analysis. Only 166 models (19.6%) yielded a statistically significant relationship between early TV exposure and later attention problems, with most of these employing problematic analytic choices.

If I had the energy to look through 848 models and see which ones got significant findings and which ones didn\u2019t, I bet I would become enlightened by the end of it.

2:\xa0Seen on architecture Twitter:

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