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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWhat follows below is the result of an online discussion I had with psychologists \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.psychology.illinois.edu\/people\/bwrobrts\"\u003EBrent Roberts\u003C\/a\u003E (BR) and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/~mcfrank\/\"\u003EMichael Frank\u003C\/a\u003E (MF). We discussed scale construction, and particularly, whether items with two response options (i.e., Yes v. No) are good or bad for the reliability and validity of the scale. The answers we came to surprised me--and they might surprise you too! \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003EMK:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E Twitter recently rolled out a \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/2015\/introducing-twitter-polls\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003Epolling feature\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E that allows its users to ask and answer questions of each other. The poll feature allows polling with two possible response options (e.g., Is it Fall? Yes\/No). Armed with snark and some basic training in psychometrics and scale construction, I thought it would be fun to pose the following as \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mwkraus\/status\/658350026217910272\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003Emy first poll\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E: \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-94bb0227-dd59-d014-7143-cfa269a2c4ae\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-94bb0227-dd59-d014-7143-cfa269a2c4ae\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-94bb0227-dd59-d014-7143-cfa269a2c4ae\"\u003E\u003Cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-94bb0227-dd5a-03dd-c157-0a2995c8cf4e\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot_2015-10-26-20-00-55.png\" height=\"387px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/vXcoediLKyfnMmo1IzlZrkDCyS1NgWIr4KFgOZsUQSG0ff3L54XyOt5-XB6NLM59tnVVHo_lf-pcpU0igB6TBPhPs7uACYcMRIdNlOhMN32AR9rKaAPQ34lsCPHOFvdjroCGeSfG\" style=\"border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);\" width=\"262px;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-94bb0227-dd59-d014-7143-cfa269a2c4ae\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003ESaid training suggests that, all things being equal, some people are more “Yes” or more “No” than others, so having response options that include more variety will capture more of the real variance in participant responses. To put that into an example, if I ask you if you agree with the statement: “\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psp.sagepub.com\/content\/27\/2\/151.short\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003EI have high self-esteem.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E” A yes\/no two-item response won’t capture all the true variance in people’s responses that might be otherwise captured by six items ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree. MF\/BR, is that how you would characterize your own understanding of psychometrics?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cb style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/11\/three-guys-talking-about-scales.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7246324719745550577\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/11\/three-guys-talking-about-scales.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/7246324719745550577"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/7246324719745550577"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/11\/three-guys-talking-about-scales.html","title":"Three Guys Talking About Scales"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08931064542755278772"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/vXcoediLKyfnMmo1IzlZrkDCyS1NgWIr4KFgOZsUQSG0ff3L54XyOt5-XB6NLM59tnVVHo_lf-pcpU0igB6TBPhPs7uACYcMRIdNlOhMN32AR9rKaAPQ34lsCPHOFvdjroCGeSfG=s72-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-857083313228094245"},"published":{"$t":"2015-09-24T19:57:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-09-24T19:59:05.935-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Events"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ideology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Research Methods"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Thought Fragments Concerning Ideology in Social Science"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Helvetica\u0026quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;;\"\u003EI took a course in sociology my first\nyear as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. The course was an introduction to\nsociology taught by professor and social activist, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Edwards_(sociologist)\"\u003EHarry Edwards\u003C\/a\u003E. The course\nblew me away because it felt so viscerally real. Professor Edwards would talk\nabout social class, race, and gender in America and students would chime in\nabout their own experiences that brought these big social constructs to life.\nWhat I learned in Professor Edwards’ class resembled nothing we had discussed\nin my high school history classes—I grew up in a politically conservative\nsuburb in San Diego, and we didn’t have much ideological diversity in our\ndiscussions of law and society. Sociology, and social sciences more broadly,\nreally spoke to me.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/09\/thought-fragments-about-ideology-in.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/857083313228094245\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/09\/thought-fragments-about-ideology-in.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/857083313228094245"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/857083313228094245"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/09\/thought-fragments-about-ideology-in.html","title":"Thought Fragments Concerning Ideology in Social Science"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08931064542755278772"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-5294055193150120484"},"published":{"$t":"2015-03-26T10:55:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-03-26T11:06:46.401-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Events"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gender"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Personality Psychology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Social Hierarchy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Social Psychology"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Gender Imbalance in Discussions of Best Research Practices"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Over the last couple of weeks there have been some really excellent blog posts about gender representation in discussions of best research practices. The first was a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/sometimesimwrong.typepad.com\/wrong\/2015\/03\/lady-problems.html\"\u003Eshared Email correspondence\u003C\/a\u003E between \u003Cb\u003ESimine Vazire\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003ELee Jussim\u003C\/b\u003E. The second was a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/sometimesimwrong.typepad.com\/wrong\/2015\/03\/guest-post-not-nutting-up-or-shutting-up.html\"\u003Ereport of gender imbalance\u003C\/a\u003E in discussions of best research practices by \u003Cb\u003EAlison Ledgerwood, Elizabeth Haines\u003C\/b\u003E, and \u003Cb\u003EKate Ratliff\u003C\/b\u003E. Before then (May 2014), \u003Cb\u003ESanjay Srivastava\u003C\/b\u003E wrote about a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/hardsci.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/25\/does-the-replication-debate-have-a-diversity-problem\/\"\u003Eprobable diversity problem\u003C\/a\u003E in the best practices debate. Go read these posts! I\u0026#39;ll be here when you return.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/gender-imbalance-in-discussions-of-best.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5294055193150120484\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/gender-imbalance-in-discussions-of-best.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/5294055193150120484"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/5294055193150120484"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/gender-imbalance-in-discussions-of-best.html","title":"Gender Imbalance in Discussions of Best Research Practices"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08931064542755278772"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-4737294523785027554"},"published":{"$t":"2014-10-28T19:26:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-10-28T19:26:29.848-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Events"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Social Hierarchy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Social Psychology"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Everyone Gets a Job!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg0rHWz84xUPDHOcz8Q4WdSgIXhlPvrXVOunFbxOspZx0xt7RltXBOri-SYgFEvR1KAcR5xtk0x65TMw-T5wLAjXlKOrTNIMo_JM7xJQ-okzG7C8GTIEMPDjRfP4tJ6OrhnQOLx-bnIcrU\/s1600\/nbt.2706-F1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg0rHWz84xUPDHOcz8Q4WdSgIXhlPvrXVOunFbxOspZx0xt7RltXBOri-SYgFEvR1KAcR5xtk0x65TMw-T5wLAjXlKOrTNIMo_JM7xJQ-okzG7C8GTIEMPDjRfP4tJ6OrhnQOLx-bnIcrU\/s1600\/nbt.2706-F1.jpg\" height=\"210\" width=\"400\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EA terrifying graph for any PhD student! (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nbt\/journal\/v31\/n10\/fig_tab\/nbt.2706_F1.html\"\u003Esource\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\nIt\u0026#39;s late October and that means we are squarely in the middle of job season for psychology PhDs (and PhD candidates). I was hired during the 2011-2012 job cycle, and so I recently switched to the evaluation side of the job process. Sitting on this side of the fence I feel incredibly fortunate to have a job: There are a ton of accomplished graduate students and postdocs with strong records, interesting research ideas, and stellar (!!!) letters of recommendation. If the system were running optimally, most of these applicants would land jobs. If the system were running optimally...\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/everyone-gets-job.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4737294523785027554\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/everyone-gets-job.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/4737294523785027554"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/4737294523785027554"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/everyone-gets-job.html","title":"Everyone Gets a Job!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08931064542755278772"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg0rHWz84xUPDHOcz8Q4WdSgIXhlPvrXVOunFbxOspZx0xt7RltXBOri-SYgFEvR1KAcR5xtk0x65TMw-T5wLAjXlKOrTNIMo_JM7xJQ-okzG7C8GTIEMPDjRfP4tJ6OrhnQOLx-bnIcrU\/s72-c\/nbt.2706-F1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-452686742211281548"},"published":{"$t":"2014-08-19T21:14:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-08-20T20:36:37.402-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Events"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Personality Psychology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Research Methods"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Social Psychology"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Big Theory"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi09ud-IlK_pEu7N4h-bIpzXQyXhIyYT4vOvvESni0UaWf15c0y2rTmHkwGbvWcSZY2o5B_cU5Q4tDiTxZT523_b-_VDtqGq8xQY68vIcYG5A1imXimvBvznfdaHFbYxnJY9xfEyDgJF7A\/s1600\/idea.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi09ud-IlK_pEu7N4h-bIpzXQyXhIyYT4vOvvESni0UaWf15c0y2rTmHkwGbvWcSZY2o5B_cU5Q4tDiTxZT523_b-_VDtqGq8xQY68vIcYG5A1imXimvBvznfdaHFbYxnJY9xfEyDgJF7A\/s1600\/idea.jpg\" height=\"238\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026quot;Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.\u0026quot; --George Box*\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nI need to be honest with you, I\u0026#39;m not all that good at generating novel ideas: Some of my most \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pss.sagepub.com\/content\/20\/1\/99.abstract\"\u003Ewell-cited papers\u003C\/a\u003E involve theories that sociologists came up with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Distinction.html?id=nVaS6gS9Jz4C\"\u003Edecades ago\u003C\/a\u003E; Reviewers frequently accuse me of running post-hoc analyses (asking the data for ideas, rather than generating apriori predictions); When media cover my research, the most common initial comment is something like: \u0026quot;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152169411776574\u0026amp;id=321588316573\"\u003EThis is so obvious....blah, blah....you suck.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026quot; You get the idea. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nI don\u0026#39;t view this particular characteristic of my research as a flaw. Rather, I\u0026#39;m acknowledging that not all scientists can be ground-breaking theorists\/game changers: Some people come up with great ideas and some people test them. For the most part, I test theories and I do it in (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152169411776574\u0026amp;id=321588316573\"\u003Ewhat I hope are\u003C\/a\u003E) convincing ways. Given this characteristic of my research, you might be surprised then, to learn that I love theory!** \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EYou read that right.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/big-theory.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/452686742211281548\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/big-theory.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/452686742211281548"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/452686742211281548"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/big-theory.html","title":"Big Theory"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08931064542755278772"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi09ud-IlK_pEu7N4h-bIpzXQyXhIyYT4vOvvESni0UaWf15c0y2rTmHkwGbvWcSZY2o5B_cU5Q4tDiTxZT523_b-_VDtqGq8xQY68vIcYG5A1imXimvBvznfdaHFbYxnJY9xfEyDgJF7A\/s72-c\/idea.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-3662232974042937028"},"published":{"$t":"2014-04-17T21:15:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-04-17T21:15:36.394-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Events"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cutting-Edge Research"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Personality Psychology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Research Ethics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Research Methods"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Social Psychology"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"(Sample) Size Matters"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjkS0ZVPZb8fjsOObdwESm44fOrwwwcBzJD_b3wZ1ssJ1lqlxziT445E-ooCPyl03kQbccwrF3cAHnb38mgHHtAP0_BfvhdQBtbBlC-TukB1cn0Ovr11Ga0AvxktTEpO829QY2YWIk60jk\/s1600\/800px-DARPA_Big_Data.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjkS0ZVPZb8fjsOObdwESm44fOrwwwcBzJD_b3wZ1ssJ1lqlxziT445E-ooCPyl03kQbccwrF3cAHnb38mgHHtAP0_BfvhdQBtbBlC-TukB1cn0Ovr11Ga0AvxktTEpO829QY2YWIk60jk\/s1600\/800px-DARPA_Big_Data.jpg\" height=\"206\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:DARPA_Big_Data.jpg\"\u003ESample Size Matters\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\nOn \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/science-utopia-some-thoughts-about.html\"\u003Ethis blog\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pigee.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/10\/the-deathly-hallows-of-psychological-science\/\"\u003Eothers\u003C\/a\u003E, on twitter (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mwkraus\"\u003E@mwkraus\u003C\/a\u003E), at \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/spspmeeting.org\/2014\/Program\/Schedules\/Schedule-Overview.aspx\"\u003Econferences\u003C\/a\u003E, and in the halls of the psychology building at the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.psychology.illinois.edu\/\"\u003EUniversity of Illinois\u003C\/a\u003E, I have engaged in a wealth of important discussions about improving research methods in social-personality psychology. Many prominent psychologists have offered several helpful suggestions in this regard (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pigee.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/16\/are-conceptual-replications-part-of-the-solution-to-the-crisis-currently-facing-psychological-science\/\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pigee.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/16\/are-conceptual-replications-part-of-the-solution-to-the-crisis-currently-facing-psychological-science\/\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/sometimesimwrong.typepad.com\/wrong\/2014\/03\/having-it-all.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/nobel-laureate-challenges-psychologists-to-clean-up-their-act-1.11535\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nAmong the many suggestions for building a better psychological science, perhaps the simplest and most parsimonious way to improve research methods is to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/datacolada.org\/2014\/04\/04\/18-mturk-vs-the-lab-either-way-we-need-big-samples\/\"\u003Eincrease sample sizes for all study designs\u003C\/a\u003E: By increasing sample size researchers can detect smaller real effects and can more accurately measure large effects. There are many trade-offs in choosing appropriate research methods, but sample size, at least for a researcher like me who deals in relatively inexpensive data collection tools, is in many ways the most cost effective way to improve one\u0026#39;s science. In essence, I can continue to design the studies I have been designing and ask the same research questions I have been asking (i.e., business-as-usual) with the one exception that each study I run has a larger N than it would have if I were not thinking (more) intelligently about statistical power.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EHow has \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.krauslab.com\/\"\u003Emy lab\u003C\/a\u003E been fairing with respect to this goal of collecting large samples? See for yourself:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/sample-size-matters.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3662232974042937028\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/sample-size-matters.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/3662232974042937028"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/3662232974042937028"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/sample-size-matters.html","title":"(Sample) Size Matters"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08931064542755278772"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjkS0ZVPZb8fjsOObdwESm44fOrwwwcBzJD_b3wZ1ssJ1lqlxziT445E-ooCPyl03kQbccwrF3cAHnb38mgHHtAP0_BfvhdQBtbBlC-TukB1cn0Ovr11Ga0AvxktTEpO829QY2YWIk60jk\/s72-c\/800px-DARPA_Big_Data.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}}]}});