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Re:Good-looking female students no longer get straight A’s w... by NoRelToEmber on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:16AM (#36323002)
> the legitimacy and rigor of it was questioned and investigated by the university. However, it was ultimately not deemed to be inappropriate.

Does your uni routinely question and investigate the rigor of all its studies, or only ones where it doesn't like the findings?

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Re:Good-looking female students no longer get straight A’s w... by im3w1l on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @06:29AM (#36323838)
The reason it was questioned was that some women felt uncomfortable by having their images pulled from social media and rated for attractiveness as part of the study, without having been asked or informed. But ultimately the ethics people decided that it was fine after all.
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