Swimmer963 comments on Study on depression - Less Wrong

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 16 January 2013 01:30:08AM 2 points [-]

Also, the subset of people who participate on lw is going to be an incredibly unrepresentative sample,

Comment author: Swimmer963 16 January 2013 03:02:21AM 2 points [-]

I'm likely going to run the same experiment with a group recruited through a different medium–just trying to decide which one would be the most "random"/"representative of the general population", but also within my means.

Comment author: erratio 16 January 2013 04:40:20PM 3 points [-]

flyers around your university? Still not really representative but it would get you the standard WEIRD group

Comment author: Swimmer963 16 January 2013 05:18:24PM 0 points [-]

Would likely have to jump through the hoops of the university ethics board... Might be worthwhile though.

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