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Simply_Beige t1_iy7yf7u wrote

Reply to comment by SwearJarCaptain in Quarter of 17-19-year-olds have probable mental disorder by Kagedeah

>The findings are based on the views and experiences of 2,866 young people aged above six.

So above 6, and the highest age I saw was 24. Quick math says that's about 160 individuals for each year, assuming an even distribution. Not exactly bad for statistics assuming they actually got a random sample. But honestly it's not great either. For example, one third of my graduating class could have been surveyed to account for all of the 18 year olds.

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SwearJarCaptain t1_iy8a0l9 wrote

I have an issue with individuals being classified at "probable" without any evaluation by a specialist.

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Syzygy_Stardust t1_iy9ujgd wrote

I was a little worried about the structure of the study given how shit a lot of social studies are (this coming from someone with a social related degree and still somehow learned statistics), but clicking through and reading the setup of having multiple interviews including an initial in-person one makes me feel a lot better than "an online survey", which would not be representative.

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