Re:Harvard ethics prof fabricated multiple behavioral scienc...
by crazygringo on Monday July 10, 2023 @02:03PM
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> Social science is non-replicable because the parameters are too fuzzy. (People are more diverse than electrons).
This isn't true at all. It's quite easy to create well-defined survey questions and experiments. It's entirely replicable.
The main problems with social sciences are that they have historically been perfectly fine publishing studies based on statistically tiny numbers of participants, as well as falsely extrapolating findings from tiny groups such as university undergrad test subjects to all of humanity.
These problems are eminently solvable with stricter statistical standards, and much greater cross-cultural research. It's just that these studies are massively more expensive to run.
This isn't true at all. It's quite easy to create well-defined survey questions and experiments. It's entirely replicable.
The main problems with social sciences are that they have historically been perfectly fine publishing studies based on statistically tiny numbers of participants, as well as falsely extrapolating findings from tiny groups such as university undergrad test subjects to all of humanity.
These problems are eminently solvable with stricter statistical standards, and much greater cross-cultural research. It's just that these studies are massively more expensive to run.