A newspaper headline in 2004 might have read, Antidepressants raise suicide risk in children and adolescents.. What might subsequent news stories have reported?
a. More research is needed to determine the link between antidepressants and an increase in suicide risk as only one study found this to be the case.
b. Suicide risk is just as likely to be linked to antidepressant use as the other way around.
c. The researchers who reported these results were found to have faked them.
d. No action was taken by the FDA to address the link between antidepressants and the increase in suicide attempts.
Question 2
What conclusion can be reached from research findings that the mass media reports?
a. The findings from initial research are typically replicated.
b. Newspapers often get the facts wrong.
c. Initial findings reported by newspapers often are not replicated.
d. Newspapers are the best sources of scientific information.
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