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Re:Middle name initials enhance evaluations of intellectual ... by ekianjo on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @10:15AM (#17179332)
> so your standards drop a lot so you can just graduate or keep researching.

So what is the point of publishing if you are fully aware you are pushing unreliable results out there? It won't do any good to your reputation as a future professional.

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Re:Middle name initials enhance evaluations of intellectual ... by superhuzza on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @10:36AM (#17179496)
The point is to secure more funding to run better and more complicated studies. If you wait around to publish the perfect study, you'll never get started.
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Re:Middle name initials enhance evaluations of intellectual ... by morogop on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @10:27AM (#17179413)
at least you're still employed, so hopefully you can publish something better next time.

The problem is made worse by the fact that no journal wants to publish studies where it was shown that some factor probably _doesn't_ matter.

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