On Thu, 4 Apr 2013, Rick Froman went:
Actually, the whole study with the online survey methodology, the small sample size and the questionable interpretation reminds me of studies done by my Research Methods undergrad students but at least they would have calculated the chi square results and not made anything out of a non-significant result.
Yes! Most of the sources refer to the investigator as a "Ph.D. candidate." I DISAGREE. :) Well, OK, in one of the stories, the investigator cautions that the study is "qualitative, not quantitative" <http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/04/04/do-men-yearn-for-children-more-than-women/53416.html>. In fact, the title of his poster is "The Experiences of Involuntarily Childless Men as They Age." Nice and phenomenological. But he's allowed his institution to summarize his work with a big batch of quasi-inferential "XX percent versus XY percent" statements. So what we have here is a failure of quality control at every stage of dissemination. --David Epstein da...@neverdave.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=24759 or send a blank email to leave-24759-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
