• dhork
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    3 days ago

    I could be. But where do they get the data?

    • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      3 days ago

      If you really want to know, you’d need to get a copy of the paper.

      University research on human subjects follow a number of elaborate privacy rules, including those of the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects. Researchers aren’t interested in our individual data; they’re interested in our data in aggregate for statistical analysis.

      • dhork
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        3 days ago

        Researchers aren’t interested in our individual data, but companies sure are interested in selling it…