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Science is a messy, error fraught business, which is why reproducibility is so essential. Unfortunately, that doesn't appear to be one of psychology's strong suits, according to a massive analysis published yesterday in Science.
A years-long effort to reproduce more than 100 psychology studies across three leading journals paints a pretty dismal picture. When re-tested by independent research psychologists, the conclusions of more than 60 studies on personality, relationships, learning, and memory, turned out to be far less whelming. Strongly significant findings often became weaker, while weakly significant findings became non-existent.
http://gizmodo.com/a-lot-of-published-psychology-results-are-bullshit-1727228060
[Source]: The New York Times
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @05:14AM
But it's useful for people who want to control others. A study says violent video games make people violent? Ban violent video games! Don't even bother reporting that the study you cited that concluded that violent video games make people violent was later debunked and isn't accepted by the majority of scientists.
The media takes garbage studies and reports them in such a way that they appear even worse. They're very good at that.