Why is the meteoric rise of social media invisible in 2003-2008 depression trends? And why did authors of the Facebook study completely omit all the relevant mental health trends?
This is a classic example of what I like to call "The Incredible Shrinking Effect Size". And it is precisely why honest skeptics are skeptical of any effect sizes that are rather small to begin with, as they are likely to shrink even further upon closer examination to become practically indistinguishable from noise.
This is a classic example of what I like to call "The Incredible Shrinking Effect Size". And it is precisely why honest skeptics are skeptical of any effect sizes that are rather small to begin with, as they are likely to shrink even further upon closer examination to become practically indistinguishable from noise.