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Title    Many Published Psychology Results are Hogwash
Date    Sunday August 30 2015, @04:59AM
Author    CoolHand
Topic   
from the lies-damn-lies-and-statistics dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=15/08/29/1226237

AnonTechie writes:

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


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  1. "AnonTechie" - https://soylentnews.org/~AnonTechie/
  2. "published yesterday in Science" - http://www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6251/aac4716
  3. "The New York Times" - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/28/science/many-social-science-findings-not-as-strong-as-claimed-study-says.html
  4. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=9223

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