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The video below, borrowed from Psychology, considers statistics that claim social media and general mobile phone usage are ÔbadÕ for young people. Key terms include Ôstatistical significanceÕ, Ôeffect sizeÕ and Ôcorrelation coefficientÕ. It does get a little technical in places, but the overall message is clear and will be valuable for students. After watching the video, students could investigate examples of research into mobile phones and/or social media and try to ascertain how meaningful the results really are. This task links in with media topics as itÕs encouraging students to go beyond some of the sensationalist headline claims about these topics.
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