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I remember signing up for a lot of psychological studies in undergrad. They’d pay you $20 an hour for your time to sit in front of a computer and usually click
by kjkjadksj 3y ago
I remember signing up for a lot of psychological studies in undergrad. They’d pay you $20 an hour for your time to sit in front of a computer and usually click a mouse when you see a certain color perhaps. Then during that session they might ask you something like “now imagine a loved one has just died” then you’d continue clicking on colored boxes. It seemed to me by targeting college students seeking easy beer money between classes there might be some significant sampling bias, but I’m no research psychologist.
- remoquete 3y agoIt's a classic joke / trope in methodology classes: Psychology describes the mind of second year undergrads. :-) It's a serious problem depending on the subject: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176168/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176168/
- hkt 3y agoWEIRD: Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, Democratic It is generally understood that samples - especially those accrued on college campuses - fit into this category. It is a well understood flaw, generally.
- ooterness 3y agoThe sampling bias from this recruiting method is getting more attention. WEIRD: Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology#WEIRD_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology#WEIRD_bias Turns out college students looking for beer money don't accurately represent humanity as a whole.