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Though it's not yet published (and still under review), Wicherts and de Haan have a paper titled "A meta-analysis of the effects of stereotype threat on the cog
by clarkm 14y ago
Though it's not yet published (and still under review), Wicherts and de Haan have a paper titled "A meta-analysis of the effects of stereotype threat on the cognitive test performance of African Americans"[1] which compares all published and unpublished studies on the stereotype threat. After examining the studies' methodologies, sample sizes, and other quality indicators, they found that the only variable correlated with publication is whether the study supported the existence of a significant stereotype threat.
In other words, the studies are suffering from massive publication bias, which is leading some researchers to question the very existence of the stereotype threat.
[1] The paper is referenced on Wicherts' CV: http://wicherts.socsci.uva.nl/CVJMW.pdf http://wicherts.socsci.uva.nl/CVJMW.pdf
- tokenadult 14y agoThanks for the link (which I have shared as a direct Facebook friend with the author of the New York Times piece submitted here). Jelte Wicherts is a straight shooter and a very good researcher. I look forward to the publication of another forthcoming article listed on the CV: Kan, K. J., Wicherts, J. M., van der Maas, H. L. J., & Widaman, K. F. (under review). A genetic origin of Black-White mean IQ differences? Weak inferences based on ambiguous results.
- clarkm 14y agoGood to hear you passed this reference along -- hopefully its results are widely discussed and don't fall victim to the same publication bias, which would be quite ironic. And I agree about Jelte Wicherts. I especially like his commitment to open data and data sharing.