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Twin studies sometimes are less rigorous than they seem to be. Some people go a long way to prove what they think is right, see Sir Burt: https://www.google.com
by stewbrew 8y ago
Twin studies sometimes are less rigorous than they seem to be. Some people go a long way to prove what they think is right, see Sir Burt:
https://www.google.com/search?q=scientific+fraud+twin+studies https://www.google.com/search?q=scientific+fraud+twin+studie...
- james_s_tayler 8y agoWhat's say that's true... what's the likelihood all the data over the last 50 years was faked?
- stewbrew 8y agoThe data probably isn't fake but its interpretation could be biased by statistical incompetence. I say this as somebody who (originally) graduated in a field where the majority of studies most likely is not worth the storage used to save the pdf. Let's just say I'm skeptical when strong beliefs and world views are involved in the interpretation of data.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Twin studies sometimes are less rigorous than they seem to be IQ being just over 50% genetic is a consistent result from twin studies and other attempts to study the genetic influence.