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Re:A machine learning approach to identifying thought marker... by ClassyJacket on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @03:54AM (#12898668)
What do you test against to see if someone is indeed suicidal? Self reporting, or do you wait around till they die and see if it was due to suicide or something else?
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Re:A machine learning approach to identifying thought marker... by Scarblac on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:15AM (#12899299)
You send them a suicide pill and see who takes it.

Just kidding, that wouldn't be scientific. Half of the pills are actually placebos.

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Re:A machine learning approach to identifying thought marker... by conjectures on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @05:53AM (#12899199)
Think they're just looking at self reporting. Otherwise n=400 gonna be small.
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