PSYC 3P37 Final: PSYC 3P37 Final Exam Review
13 Apr 2017
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Cautions in interpreting research findings (the general principles and the specific cases) Most researchers do not publish null findings (wasted time and resources?) Huge push to publish significant findings; researchers sometimes use ways to maximize significant findings : consider these examples of the two cases, both involving sexuality-related topics Mothers who met their spouses while on birth control are happier in their unions but less satisfied with their sex lives, a new study says . Based on article in proceedings of the royal society b: biological sciences: relationship satisfaction and outcome in women who met their partner while using oral contraception (roberts et al. , 2011, idea behind study Not even a quarter of the scale difference! These effects are all statistically significant in this participant sample (n 760 for users, n . 990 for non-users): but they"re still fairly small effects women"s mate choice is very weakly related to their contraceptive use.
