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A single study with n=80, in a social psych journal, with a trendy soundbite conclusion? Of course it's not a false positive! The fact that the authors cite a p

A single study with n=80, in a social psych journal, with a trendy soundbite conclusion? Of course it's not a false positive! The fact that the authors cite a paper by Jens Foerster is icing on the cake.

arvinjoar 10y ago
n=80 is actually not bad, if that's what you're implying. There are a lot of studies that are n=30 since that's the rule of thumb most follow.
- kelukelugames 10y ago
  The n isn't the bad part. I'm skeptical of all psych studies. Readers extrapolate too much from simple, controlled experiments.
jacalata 10y ago
I guess you think science would be better off just memory-holing results that you don't want to know about, is that right?
- ttyl0125 10y ago
  That's the problem - science already memory-holes results that don't fit the authors' view of reality.
  - jacalata 10y ago
    I don't even know how you think that's related to this topic.