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Gelman is being a bit modest (for him) because he only mentions in passing probably the biggest recent example of the "social media takedown of psychology resea
by hudibras 10y ago
Gelman is being a bit modest (for him) because he only mentions in passing probably the biggest recent example of the "social media takedown of psychology research" phenomenon: he was the first person to publicly raise questions about the LaCour and Green study on changing people's support for gay marriage, and he did it in his washingtonpost.com blog five days after the study was published.
- apeace 10y agoThanks for providing that context. I believe this is the article you mentioned: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/05/20/fake-study-on-changing-attitudes-sometimes-a-claim-that-is-too-good-to-be-true-isnt/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/05/...