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Producer of research
Actually designing, conducting, analyzing data
Consumer of Research
Using research to learn, understand problems
Which of the following is an example of producing research?
Which of the following is an example of consuming research?
Via empiricism only
Basic and applied problems
Features of good theories
Supported by the data
Exhibits parsimony (is parsimonious)
Falsifiability (is falsifiable)
Parsimony
Given two competing theories that make the same predictions (i.e., all else equal), the simpler
theory should be chosen
Occam's razor
Applied Research
Goal for findings to be directly applied to the solution of a practical
problem Efficacy of one medical treatment versus another
, Use of LSD and psychotropic drugs is linked to higher incidents of mental illness?
False. LSD use lower rates of mental illness.
Why shouldn't you trust experience as a source of information?
Experience has no comparison group • Experience is confounded
Pop-up Principle (Availability heuristic):
Things that come easily to mind guide our thinking
Present/Present Bias:
We focus on what is present and ignore what is absent
Cherry-picking the evidence
we seek and accept only the evidence that supports what we already think
Consider the statement: "There are way more dogs than cats in this city. That's all you see
in the parks—dogs, dogs, dogs!"Which of the following best characterizes the bias in this
reasoning?
B. Present/present bias
Consider the statement: "I'm certain that my uncle is an alcoholic. I asked him if he
drinks every day, and he said he does."
Which of the following best characterizes the bias in this reasoning?
C. Asking biased questions
Why should you have reservations when you trust authority?
What authority says could be based on...
-Their research -Their assumptions -Their personal experience -Their political or financial
motivations,
interests -Their reasoning can be flawed
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Producer of research
Actually designing, conducting, analyzing data
Consumer of Research
Using research to learn, understand problems
Which of the following is an example of producing research?
Which of the following is an example of consuming research?
Via empiricism only
Basic and applied problems
Features of good theories
Supported by the data
Exhibits parsimony (is parsimonious)
Falsifiability (is falsifiable)
Parsimony
Given two competing theories that make the same predictions (i.e., all else equal), the simpler
theory should be chosen
Occam's razor
Applied Research
Goal for findings to be directly applied to the solution of a practical
problem Efficacy of one medical treatment versus another
, Use of LSD and psychotropic drugs is linked to higher incidents of mental illness?
False. LSD use lower rates of mental illness.
Why shouldn't you trust experience as a source of information?
Experience has no comparison group • Experience is confounded
Pop-up Principle (Availability heuristic):
Things that come easily to mind guide our thinking
Present/Present Bias:
We focus on what is present and ignore what is absent
Cherry-picking the evidence
we seek and accept only the evidence that supports what we already think
Consider the statement: "There are way more dogs than cats in this city. That's all you see
in the parks—dogs, dogs, dogs!"Which of the following best characterizes the bias in this
reasoning?
B. Present/present bias
Consider the statement: "I'm certain that my uncle is an alcoholic. I asked him if he
drinks every day, and he said he does."
Which of the following best characterizes the bias in this reasoning?
C. Asking biased questions
Why should you have reservations when you trust authority?
What authority says could be based on...
-Their research -Their assumptions -Their personal experience -Their political or financial
motivations,
interests -Their reasoning can be flawed
