An analysis from a “heterodox” social sciences research group whose goal is “a new sociological-philosophical framework, a kind of ‘Reverse Critical Theory’ tha

An analysis from a “heterodox” social sciences research group whose goal is “a new sociological-philosophical framework, a kind of ‘Reverse Critical Theory’ that can guide scholarship going forward and counter the normative dominance of Critical Theory and egalitarian philosophies.” The old saw about “the reverse of stupidity is not necessarily intelligence” seems to apply here. They collected data from the FIRE annual surveys (no self-selection effects there!), the HERI freshman survey (which is a quality data source, so of course this analysis disclaims it when it goes against their conclusions, e.g., p. 3 and p. 7) and two tiny surveys from small elite universities. Sorry, no, this analysis isn’t credible. Their study abuses the word “significant” frequently, without actually demonstrating statistical significance. All we get are raw correlations and some of the usual slicing-and-dicing of hypotheses with no mention of pre-registration or multiple testing corrections. Even if their conclusions happen to be correct, they’re not doing science.