More bad news in the scientific literature: A 3-day study is called “long term,” and nobody even seems to notice the problem. Whassup with that??

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2018-04-05

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Someone pointed me to this article, “The more you play, the more aggressive you become: A long-term experimental study of cumulative violent video game effects on hostile expectations and aggressive behavior,” by Youssef Hasan, Laurent Bègue, Michael Scharkow, and Brad Bushman. My correspondent was suspicious of the error bars in Figure 1. I actually think […]

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http://andrewgelman.com/2018/04/05/particular-corner-experimental-social-psychology-long-term-3-days-maybe-5-minutes/

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04/05/2018, 10:17

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04/05/2018, 09:42