Rob Edwards

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Rob Edwards

TechRadar, Freelance contributor

Also: The Guardian, Freelance contributor

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His article "Teenage gamers: ’More girls in more clothes!’" quotes a discredited survey. The survey’s numerous flaws include: no peer review, very loaded questions, and being taken exclusively over social media with no way to check if the sample truly consisted of the projected demographic of teens (who couldn’t take the survey without adult consent anyway). The survey’s author, too, partially backpedaled on it and admitted it had no claim of academic legitimacy, its only goal having been to start a discussion. Unlike others reporting on the survey, he doesn’t specify that the survey has been described as exploratory.

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2016 Apr 08

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