grte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoA Study Showed Giving Money to Homeless People Changes Lives. What’s Next? | The Tyeethetyee.caexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down14
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minus-squarezephyreks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoBoth groups were drawn from the same set. What bias are you talking about?
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoFor starters, neither groups is representative of the homeless demographic. And when you take a group of people who have the best chance of success through your selection and sample biases, you are engineering a positive result. Well designed studies don’t work that way.
Both groups were drawn from the same set. What bias are you talking about?
For starters, neither groups is representative of the homeless demographic.
And when you take a group of people who have the best chance of success through your selection and sample biases, you are engineering a positive result.
Well designed studies don’t work that way.