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The Underspecified Variable
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A variable is underspecified when the report does not say how it was measured, making the study impossible to repeat.
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A study reports that "screen time reduces wellbeing" without stating what was counted as screen time or as wellbeing.
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Underspecification is not always sloppiness. It also hides the choices that produced the result.
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