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Study: Algorithmic word analysis can predict schizophrenia

theatlantic.com
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Would be interesting to run this algorithm on published scientific papers (another group recently claimed a different algorithm as being able to detect schizophrenia purely from text) and speech from politicians.

Interesting concept, but 'analysis is flawless' with '100% accuracy' on a sample size of 30-something? C'mon.

Yes, but to be fair, the article does go on to say:

"...their work poses several outstanding questions. For one thing, their sample size of 34 patients was tiny. Researchers are planning to attempt to replicate their findings using transcripts from a larger cohort of at-risk youths."

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