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No, psychology studies have been traditionally very poor because most of the theory was literally out of someone ass, without proper design. Newer studies have
by braiamp 2y ago
No, psychology studies have been traditionally very poor because most of the theory was literally out of someone ass, without proper design. Newer studies have been shown to be very robust, public freakout notwithstanding.
- shakna 2y agoNewer studies [0] show us that a) p-hacking is still alive and well in the psychological community. b) p-curves are not sufficient for detecting this. That isn't a lack of proper design. It's a case of statistics being abused to show significance when there is none. [0] https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1027/2151-2604/a000383 https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1027/2151-2604/a000383