19:5119:51, 23 March 2019diffhist+1
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Re. the BMJ study of Australian case, changed "refuted" to "rebutted". The former means "disproved" while the latter means "disproved or argued against". Nothing in the cited study PROVES the claims are incorrect; as with most social science the study instead presents evidence against the claims. (Evidence that is rather weak, too, I'd say: asking people over the phone whether they break the law isn't likely to yield accurate estimates, as the study notes).
19:5119:51, 23 March 2019diffhist+1
Plain tobacco packaging
Re. the BMJ study of Australian case, changed "refuted" to "rebutted". The former means "disproved" while the latter means "disproved or argued against". Nothing in the cited study PROVES the claims are incorrect; as with most social science the study instead presents evidence against the claims. (Evidence that is rather weak, too, I'd say: asking people over the phone whether they break the law isn't likely to yield accurate estimates, as the study notes).