Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoStudy finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focuswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1361
arrow-up1361external-linkStudy finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focuswww.reuters.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI mostly care about longer term impacts. The ban has only been in place for a year and a half, so it’s really not much to go on.
minus-squareslackassassin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoShort term and long term impacts are both worthy of study, surely.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoSure, but short term impacts are generally unreliable, since there are a lot of cases of coincidence, like a good policy having no immediate impact or a bad policy having the desired impact. Longer term studies account for that randomness.
I mostly care about longer term impacts. The ban has only been in place for a year and a half, so it’s really not much to go on.
Short term and long term impacts are both worthy of study, surely.
Sure, but short term impacts are generally unreliable, since there are a lot of cases of coincidence, like a good policy having no immediate impact or a bad policy having the desired impact. Longer term studies account for that randomness.