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My intuition is that this finding is correct. This is dangerous; in the social sciences, results that match your intuition will most likely have garbage methodo
by andrewla 3y ago
My intuition is that this finding is correct. This is dangerous; in the social sciences, results that match your intuition will most likely have garbage methodology that does not support their conclusions [1].
I haven't read the study yet to confirm this, but the abstract is unencouraging:
> We conducted a meta-analysis of the mean IQ scores of college and university students samples tested with Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale between 1939 and 2022.
Wechsler first published the WAIS in 1955.
[1] This is similar to results that conflict with your intuition; in those cases the studies will most likely have garbage methodology that does not support their conclusion.
- totetsu 3y agoThis is just a wordy disregarding of the whole field then?
- andrewla 3y agoYes. If I had access to the full article I would be able to perform a more nuanced analysis of their (likely garbage) methodology, but for the moment all I have is the abstract and there's already a significant error there.