▲ 73 ▼ New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th-Grade Level (medium.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/us_news@lemmygrad.ml 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments archived https://archive.ph/bP9BJ edit: sources from the link https://www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-literacy https://www.crossrivertherapy.com/research/literacy-statistics https://www.thepolicycircle.org/brief/literacy/
[–] Rom@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (3 children) Did they really cite a fucking reddit post permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Top comment on that post is actually decent it seems, describing the problems with the numbers as reported by a similar study Why the fuck cite a Reddit post tho lmfao permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rom@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Right, at least cut out the middleman and cite the study directly. Although on second thought if they wanted to provide examples of uneducated yanks, there are few better places for that than reddit comment threads. So maybe it was a good move after all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago next week's article "we used a reddit post as a cited source in an article about literacy and no one called us on it" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Top comment on that post is actually decent it seems, describing the problems with the numbers as reported by a similar study Why the fuck cite a Reddit post tho lmfao permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rom@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Right, at least cut out the middleman and cite the study directly. Although on second thought if they wanted to provide examples of uneducated yanks, there are few better places for that than reddit comment threads. So maybe it was a good move after all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago next week's article "we used a reddit post as a cited source in an article about literacy and no one called us on it" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rom@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Right, at least cut out the middleman and cite the study directly. Although on second thought if they wanted to provide examples of uneducated yanks, there are few better places for that than reddit comment threads. So maybe it was a good move after all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago next week's article "we used a reddit post as a cited source in an article about literacy and no one called us on it" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago next week's article "we used a reddit post as a cited source in an article about literacy and no one called us on it" permalink fedilink source parent