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Re:Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer revie... by jdkoeck on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:10AM (#33173471)
That’s called “stereotype threat”, and it’s been caught up in the replication crisis. In short, the effect is hard to reproduce and tends to be small. It’s been known for some time now, here’s an article from 2015: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rabble-rouser/201512...

I wish people would stop bringing up studies that don’t reproduce, they’re no better than anecdotes.

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Re:Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer revie... by MilanTodorovic on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:32AM (#33173598)
The problem with that is, at least in my experience, that you read such things once from a reputable source and never check it again.
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Re:Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer revie... by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:47AM (#33173692)
When I was studying undergrad psych, Psychology Today was falling into disrepute.

Are they still a reputable source, today?

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Re:Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer revie... by cosmojg on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @03:45AM (#33174049)
Isn't that one of those clickfarm blogs?
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Re:Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer revie... by jdkoeck on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @04:04AM (#33174173)
Psychology Today is not great in general, but the article I linked to is written by a social psychology PhD (Lee Jussim).
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Re:Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer revie... by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @04:33AM (#33174369)
Ok, good to know, thanks!

Setting this aside for a deeper read, but it appears at first glance that the concerns revolve around statistical technique rather than methodological soundness?

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Re:Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer revie... by lupire on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @08:00AM (#33175685)
It can't be "still reputable" after "falling into disrepute".
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Re:Authors’ names have ‘astonishing’ influence on peer revie... by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @12:24PM (#33179289)
“was falling” in the imperfect tense.
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