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Overhype and 'research laundering' are a self-inflicted wound for social science

  • Written by Christopher J. Ferguson, Professor of Psychology, Stetson University
Overhype and 'research laundering' are a self-inflicted wound for social scienceOverselling slim results can get research findings into the hands of news consumers.durantelallera/Shutterstock.com

Earlier this fall, Dartmouth College researchers released a study claiming to link violent video games to aggression in kids. The logic of a meta-analytic study like this one is that by combining many individual studies, scientists...

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