tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post1838463626325409149..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Follow up on psychology researchCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-80396348790447628272012-09-15T03:28:31.343-04:002012-09-15T03:28:31.343-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03001492421663232694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-71002225360815932092011-11-23T04:43:54.669-05:002011-11-23T04:43:54.669-05:00Well in my experience (I’m a psychologist) data ma...Well in my experience (I’m a psychologist) data massaging of various forms does occur, and social psychology is actually more affected than other branches (clinical psychology, which is very varied, is a case apart.) A broader problem is the general way of doing research, e.g. doing it so that the results are a foregone conclusion; using measurements that are dodgy but accepted as there isn’t really an alternative; using analysis of variance and arbitrary probability cut-offs, and so on. Questionnaire studies are of course sort of the pits, anyone with some experience can obtain almost any result. <br /><br />AnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com