Adv. Dr. Tal Rotman: I could, OK. Now, agree with me that if, I'm not saying there is, But if you assume that there is a connection between exposure to the media and publications on the subject of air pollution and the degree of anxiety, The statistical way to counteract this effect is to measure this variable, and then clean it up in statistical analysis.
The witness, Prof. M. Echo: If there was such a discount, yes.
Adv. Mr. Tal Rotman: And this is called controlling this variable, right??
The witness, Prof. M. Echo: Yes.
Adv. Dr. Tal Rotman: And you didn't control for this variable..
The witness, Prof. M. Echo: Anonymous
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Adv. Dr. Tal Rotman: Can you explain to me why not??
The witness, Prof. M. Echo: I can't explain to you what happened in־2017.
(pp. 1184-1185) (and see also: p. 1219).
- Leikin, in response to the question of whether the amount of exposure and publications in the media affects the way people perceive risks, confirmed, among other things, that "...This may partly explain the connection between closeness and the effects of God. or the perceptions of the people" (p. 1301).
In this context, see the testimony of the applicant, Ms. Y. Blum, according to which "...There was also a program on TV at the time about air pollution, I don't remember, of a fact perhaps, which we also saw in Tivon, which also raised awareness at the time, it was such a vibe of...(page 1026, lines 18-20 and 28).
- The authors of the survey did not take into account and did not take into account the socioeconomic status of its participants
Prof. Lahad replied in his interrogation that he did not know whether they had made adjustments to socioeconomic status , and he was therefore asked:
Adv. Dr. Tal Rotman: You don't know. When it is written, I will ask you differently, perhaps you will remember, When you wrote, we made an adjustment according to demographic quotas of age, gender, marital status, if you would do socioeconomic status..