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There seems to be a preponderance of these types of tenuous studies in social science. Somewhere, I'm certain there is a procedure for generic, shifty research
by vitaminj 18y ago
There seems to be a preponderance of these types of tenuous studies in social science. Somewhere, I'm certain there is a procedure for generic, shifty research that looks something like this:
1. Think up a hypothesis steeped in your own prejudices, eg. fat people watch too much tv as kids
2. Construct an experiment that doesn't control for any of the MILLIONS of other possible causes
3. Discover correlations in experimental results. Conclude that hypothesis is true based on correlations.
4. Issue a press release and make some tangential recommendations, eg. better parenting is needed