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A good test for whether a psychological or sociological study may turn out to be hard to replicate is: does it make a sweeping claim about something as complex
by karaterobot 5y ago
A good test for whether a psychological or sociological study may turn out to be hard to replicate is: does it make a sweeping claim about something as complex as human beings? If it's not tentative, incremental, wrapped in caveats and conditionals, I don't put much weight in it anymore.
- goatlover 5y agoPretty much this.
- chinchilla2020 5y agoAlso, they only tested each child once. The same child might behave different based on how hungry they are every time it is offered.