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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Studies conducted using social media may not produce accurate results about human behavior, researchers from McGill University and Carnegie Mellon University reported Friday. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DANIEL GUAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Social media not the best basis for human behavior, study finds

By Gabriela Arriaga December 3, 2014

Large academic studies that rely on data gathered from social media may not be the most accurate way to understand human behavior, according to a study by two researchers from McGill University and Carnegie...

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