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Re:Word gap: When money’s tight, parents talk less to kids by reader_mode on Sunday July 18, 2021 @06:03PM (#27877085)
It fits my world view so it must be true.

Jokin aside I've seen way better studies of this kind where the parents would wear a mic at home and they would then do a word count, word analysis, etc.

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Re:Word gap: When money’s tight, parents talk less to kids by CJefferson on Monday July 19, 2021 @02:47AM (#27879899)
They did do exactly that. The article doesn't do a good job of explaining the paper.
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Re:Word gap: When money’s tight, parents talk less to kids by jimmygrapes on Sunday July 18, 2021 @07:53PM (#27877820)
Wouldn't this method have its own issues with observation awareness biases?
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Re:Word gap: When money’s tight, parents talk less to kids by reader_mode on Sunday July 18, 2021 @08:47PM (#27878110)
That's only relevant if it affects one group more than the other, maybe you can control for this or take another approach, in any case I would find the results way more convincing than a survey.

Especially considering that going through a tough time will colour your memory and memory is extremely unreliable.

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Re:Word gap: When money’s tight, parents talk less to kids by xwdv on Sunday July 18, 2021 @10:19PM (#27878602)
No they don’t know what you’re observing for specifically
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Re:Word gap: When money’s tight, parents talk less to kids by fouc on Monday July 19, 2021 @04:14AM (#27880326)
idea: it could be disguised as an Alexa or Google Home
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