This article really illustrates how biases matter in research and - TopicsExpress



          

This article really illustrates how biases matter in research and why we use formal hypothesizing in social sciences, and why we need theory to inform those hypotheses. The article is illustrative, rather than critical, meaning, a teacher is trying to demonstrate the impact that anecdotal data can have on our understanding of the world when theory isnt well applied. So hes choosing a well known example of something that is anecdotal and inadvertently caused a stir due to poor theory and implementation. The idea isnt to say these people are bad social scientists, the idea is to say good social science doesnt look like [anecodotal non-scientific thing] because, as we can see, the actual findings get lost in the many interpretations that data can fit. Research protocol does matter, even if its for an activist video.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:32:49 +0000

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