Re:Young 'pranksters' skewed landmark sexuality study
by lifeisstillgood on Friday January 24, 2014 @07:24PM
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My favourite part is from a related study where the youngsters "miraculously grew back missing limbs".
I think we are all getting better at noticing badly designed studies. A while back some study in the UK was publicised saying that nearly a 1/2 of 12 year olds had committed a crime, and 1/4 a violent crime. Yes. 12 year olds. The expected out cry was muted. I assume most people did what i did and imagined a study like this
* researcher walks into playground and asks group of kids if any have ever committed a crime.
- I might have taken a mars bar from the corner shop once.
- Well I take a mars bar every week
- That's nothing, I take the cash out the till while he is watching you take the mars bars.
- yeah well last week he saw me do that so i stabbed the cashier.
- Only stabbed him, I took a shotgun the last time and had to reload while the blood was pumping out of his twitching body and I slipped on his guts on the way out of the shop.
I think we are all getting better at noticing badly designed studies. A while back some study in the UK was publicised saying that nearly a 1/2 of 12 year olds had committed a crime, and 1/4 a violent crime. Yes. 12 year olds. The expected out cry was muted. I assume most people did what i did and imagined a study like this
* researcher walks into playground and asks group of kids if any have ever committed a crime.
- I might have taken a mars bar from the corner shop once. - Well I take a mars bar every week - That's nothing, I take the cash out the till while he is watching you take the mars bars. - yeah well last week he saw me do that so i stabbed the cashier. - Only stabbed him, I took a shotgun the last time and had to reload while the blood was pumping out of his twitching body and I slipped on his guts on the way out of the shop.