Examining Changes in Sleep Duration Associated with the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Who is Sleeping and Who is Not?
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.04.06.21254996: (What is this?)
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Institutional Review Board Statement IRB: All study material and procedures underwent Human Subjects Research review by the New York University Institutional Review Board and were determined to be exempt, and the need for explicit written or oral consent was also waived (IRB-FY2020–4285).
Consent: All study material and procedures underwent Human Subjects Research review by the New York University Institutional Review Board and were determined to be exempt, and the need for explicit written or oral consent was also waived (IRB-FY2020–4285).Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sente… SciScore for 10.1101/2021.04.06.21254996: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
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Institutional Review Board Statement IRB: All study material and procedures underwent Human Subjects Research review by the New York University Institutional Review Board and were determined to be exempt, and the need for explicit written or oral consent was also waived (IRB-FY2020–4285).
Consent: All study material and procedures underwent Human Subjects Research review by the New York University Institutional Review Board and were determined to be exempt, and the need for explicit written or oral consent was also waived (IRB-FY2020–4285).Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Analyses were conducted in SPSS (Version 21; Armonk, NY). SPSSsuggested: (SPSS, RRID:SCR_002865)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:However, we do acknowledge some limitations. First, the study recruitment was comprised mainly of a convenience sample of online social media users. Although 70% of Americans use Facebook,47 certain demographic groups may have been underrepresented. Nevertheless, a recent systematic review has identified Facebook as a useful tool in shortening recruitment periods, reducing costs, and enhancing representation of target populations.20 Second, people with low socioeconomic status and poor access to computer or internet connection (11.2%-19.6%)48 at home also may have been underrepresented in this study. Although we tried to recruit racial and ethnic minorities,18 we do acknowledge that our sample was predominantly white and not representative of the United States population. However, a mitigating factor is that we had respondents from every state, age group and sex. Unfortunately, given social distancing regulations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, online data collection is one of the few platforms that is available. Third, our data regarding sleep was limited only to a single self-reported question on changes in sleep duration. It is therefore relatively non-specific and carries the risk of recall bias. In addition, we lack information on COVID-19 infection status for study participants; this maybe important information since sleep disturbances can be a consequence of viral infection. Lastly, our analyses were cross-sectional, and thus causality cannot be inferred. In summary, ...
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Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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