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Re:Marshmallow Test Fails to Replicate by zamadatix on Friday August 02, 2024 @02:32PM (#41141331)
Clearly, but they're saying that only attempts to explain why those particularly in poverty had the associated results. When referring back to the original study's actual claims it was more than just correlation with poverty incomes, it was claimed for all incomes and not so obviously linked to food insecurity.
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Re:Marshmallow Test Fails to Replicate by cma on Friday August 02, 2024 @02:42PM (#41141432)
OP says:

"Some folks did a study with 900 people. They found the same correlation that the original study did. But when they controlled for household income, they found most of the correlation disappeared."

So original study didn't control for income. If the original study claimed it across all incomes, and then it mostly went away when others controlled for income, then the delayed gratification strong correlation wasn't really for all incomes, right?

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