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New Yorker article on diminishing effect sizes for the same phenomenon

  • 1.  New Yorker article on diminishing effect sizes for the same phenomenon

    Posted 07-13-2011 00:05
    Dear Colleagues

    The following story was posted recently on SEMnet. You might find it interesting (and maybe even a tad disturbing).

    Cheers
    Neal Ashkanasy


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    Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:26:56 -0400
    From: Garett Howardson <garett.howardson@GMAIL.COM>
    Subject: New Yorker Article

    Hello SEMnetters,

    I recently came across this article on a different list so sorry for the cross posting if any of you belong. The article discusses the phenomenon of failure to replicate research over time, raising some interesting questions about the causal inferences researchers make. Anyway, I think article is in a similar vein as some of the others recently posted on SEMnet and I thought some of you may enjoy this.

    http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=all

    Thank you all,
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    Garett Howardson
    I/O Psychology Doctoral Student
    Work and Virtual Environments (WAVE) Lab Department of Organizational Sciences The George Washington University
    600 21st St. Washington, DC