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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":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-6960762105644532152"},"published":{"$t":"2015-03-01T20:29:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-03-01T20:29:12.371-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Research Methods"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SPSP 2015"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"SPSP 2015: Actually Predicting the Future"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi7xGQ8n1HF7QsiVqiB9JbPPbQtDmwdDO3_6H7OjyzYKCrXRA5JqKhBSyCxHKgzqMj5dC3SqjopEVspRh9ykLeUTusCT_6Uh1jOt2_Z8Wv5fBqzWuAQLCNLw9eglJopOmZwzFQlRhZZURg\/s1600\/spsp2015banner.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\/AVvXsEi7xGQ8n1HF7QsiVqiB9JbPPbQtDmwdDO3_6H7OjyzYKCrXRA5JqKhBSyCxHKgzqMj5dC3SqjopEVspRh9ykLeUTusCT_6Uh1jOt2_Z8Wv5fBqzWuAQLCNLw9eglJopOmZwzFQlRhZZURg\/s1600\/spsp2015banner.jpg\" height=\"71\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;;\"\u003EIn\nregression (a common statistical practice used in social science research) we\noften attempt to predict the outcome of a given dependent measure (the DV)\nbased on what we know about other measured variables theoretically related to\nthe DV (the IVs). This common regression method has one problem though: We are\npredicting values for data that we have already collected. What if we were to\nengage in actual prediction? That is, what if we attempted to predict the values\nof a DV that is unknown? How might we do this and what would be the benefit?\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;;\"\u003EThis\nwas a fascinating talk presented by Liz Page-Gould of the University of Toronto\nat the Future of Social Psychology Symposium! \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/spsp-2015-actually-predicting-future.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6960762105644532152\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/spsp-2015-actually-predicting-future.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/6960762105644532152"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/6960762105644532152"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/spsp-2015-actually-predicting-future.html","title":"SPSP 2015: Actually Predicting the Future"}],"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$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi7xGQ8n1HF7QsiVqiB9JbPPbQtDmwdDO3_6H7OjyzYKCrXRA5JqKhBSyCxHKgzqMj5dC3SqjopEVspRh9ykLeUTusCT_6Uh1jOt2_Z8Wv5fBqzWuAQLCNLw9eglJopOmZwzFQlRhZZURg\/s72-c\/spsp2015banner.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$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":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-2953798776035360136"},"published":{"$t":"2014-05-27T10:30:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-05-27T10:30:21.663-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Personality Psychology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Research Ethics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Research Methods"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Social Psychology"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Notes on Replication from an Un-Tenured Social Psychologist"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjePD895U4TvIVW5TEH5aBEiLR_sLLN5SPNn5wunkyVofPMlJZZ2xrtgGqkVn5eJythGTZodFUKy4lox2rU5dD2pUBHPAtHWVcwasJEDAS-NWfSaLTkBXAwaWtPyFYE9VOIYqctqILxFSQ\/s1600\/800px-DARPA_Big_Data.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\/AVvXsEjePD895U4TvIVW5TEH5aBEiLR_sLLN5SPNn5wunkyVofPMlJZZ2xrtgGqkVn5eJythGTZodFUKy4lox2rU5dD2pUBHPAtHWVcwasJEDAS-NWfSaLTkBXAwaWtPyFYE9VOIYqctqILxFSQ\/s1600\/800px-DARPA_Big_Data.jpg\" height=\"207\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nLast week the special issue on replication at the Journal of Social Psychology arrived to an explosion of debate (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/e4nxu\/\"\u003Eread the entire issue here\u003C\/a\u003E and read original author \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.spspblog.org\/simone-schnall-on-her-experience-with-a-registered-replication-project\/\"\u003ESimone Schnall\u0026#39;s commentary on her experience with the project\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pigee.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/24\/additional-reflections-on-ceiling-effects-in-recent-replication-research\/\"\u003EChris Fraley\u0026#39;s subsequent examination of ceiling effects\u003C\/a\u003E). The debate has been happening everywhere--on blogs, on twitter, on Facebook, and in the halls of your psychology department (hopefully). \u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/notes-on-replication-from-un-tenured.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2953798776035360136\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/notes-on-replication-from-un-tenured.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/2953798776035360136"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/2953798776035360136"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/notes-on-replication-from-un-tenured.html","title":"Notes on Replication from an Un-Tenured Social Psychologist"}],"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$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjePD895U4TvIVW5TEH5aBEiLR_sLLN5SPNn5wunkyVofPMlJZZ2xrtgGqkVn5eJythGTZodFUKy4lox2rU5dD2pUBHPAtHWVcwasJEDAS-NWfSaLTkBXAwaWtPyFYE9VOIYqctqILxFSQ\/s72-c\/800px-DARPA_Big_Data.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$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"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-4910039258514701663"},"published":{"$t":"2014-03-28T07:56:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-03-28T07:56:33.537-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Amie"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Children"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Emotion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Families"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gender"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health\/Happiness"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Research Methods"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Well-Being"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Parenthood, Trial or Tribulation? Part 2"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EOn New Year’s Day I\nbecame a parent, sparking my curiosity in the research on parenting and\nwell-being and inspiring a four-part series on parenthood and happiness. This\nis the second post. Check out the first post \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/03\/parenthood-trial-or-tribulation.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhL4AoOte5HheKa3niXaxs0PzTAOfB8WOVuRyOaddz4o6fudmZorEY19YHkKQrtQ0lBwHQ-TFWaVKY2zLjN2e60xU1CRsh7iVmxfXtVp8cD9LjHWba2oXURs37yLeimNp3psxw0tSaTh0V6\/s1600\/tireddad.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhL4AoOte5HheKa3niXaxs0PzTAOfB8WOVuRyOaddz4o6fudmZorEY19YHkKQrtQ0lBwHQ-TFWaVKY2zLjN2e60xU1CRsh7iVmxfXtVp8cD9LjHWba2oXURs37yLeimNp3psxw0tSaTh0V6\/s1600\/tireddad.jpg\" height=\"212\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EAre parents happier\nthan non-parents? \u003C\/i\u003EResearchers have generally set about trying to answer\nthis deceptively simple question in three ways:\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EAre people with children happier than those without children?\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\nThis is the most common approach to research on parenthood\nand well-being. In these studies, researchers typically tackle large datasets\nwith thousands of adults, comparing the well-being of people with children to\npeople without children. Although the approach is straightforward, the results\nare mixed with some studies finding parents are happier than non-parents and other\nstudies find the reverse.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EHow can these studies with such a basic design find opposite\nresults? \u003C\/i\u003EOne large problem with this approach is that little work is\ndone to find out who exactly is making up these groups of parents and\nnon-parents. Focusing on the non-parents, only 15% of adults do not have\nchildren, making them a small comparison group. More importantly, their reasons\nfor doing so may differ greatly. Young adults may not have children when they\ntake part in the research, but plan to have children later. Older adults may\nnot have children because they were not able to do so, or they may have\nconsciously made the choice to not have children. Imagine comparing a married 48-year\nold with three children to a married 48 year-old with no children who spent\nyears and hard earned dollars fighting infertility and wishing to be a parent?\nWho do you think is happier? Now imagine that the non-parent comparison is a 48\nyear-old who loves to travel, lives all over the globe and chose not to have\nchildren because they wouldn’t fit a globetrotting lifestyle. Who do you think\nis happier? In one study, mothers were no happier than women who chose not to\nhave children, but were significantly happier than infertile women (Callan,\n1987). Choice plays an important role on the other side of the table as well—some\npeople become parents by choice while others find themselves in the unexpected\nposition of being a parent when they hadn’t intended it. How might choice\naffect happiness among these different groups?\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EAre people happier after they have children than they were before they\nwere parents?\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/03\/parenthood-trial-or-tribulation-part-2.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4910039258514701663\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/03\/parenthood-trial-or-tribulation-part-2.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/4910039258514701663"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/4910039258514701663"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/03\/parenthood-trial-or-tribulation-part-2.html","title":"Parenthood, Trial or Tribulation? Part 2"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Amie"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02262889319917440938"},"email":{"$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$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhL4AoOte5HheKa3niXaxs0PzTAOfB8WOVuRyOaddz4o6fudmZorEY19YHkKQrtQ0lBwHQ-TFWaVKY2zLjN2e60xU1CRsh7iVmxfXtVp8cD9LjHWba2oXURs37yLeimNp3psxw0tSaTh0V6\/s72-c\/tireddad.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});