tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post1641844674872085208..comments2024-03-27T21:09:44.320+00:00Comments on Pat'sBlog: Good Math Skills overwhelmed by Strong Political ViewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-72021299605158289342014-02-13T15:18:43.158+00:002014-02-13T15:18:43.158+00:00Hmm, now I'm wondering if there's any way ...Hmm, now I'm wondering if there's any way to test this properly.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-79741226109294592622014-02-13T15:18:07.195+00:002014-02-13T15:18:07.195+00:00The face cream was mythical. The issues addressed ...The face cream was mythical. The issues addressed by the other data were clearly real.<br /><br />I'm not saying this issue (of our politics interfering with our judgment) doesn't exist. I'm just not impressed with this test of it. If I were one of the subjects, I might write a note saying I thought there was a problem with the data, and I wanted to see the original study design. <br />Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-73650620327014939212014-02-12T19:43:12.963+00:002014-02-12T19:43:12.963+00:00Sue,
I think the data was presented as a problem ...Sue,<br /> I think the data was presented as a problem to be analyzed in conjunction with the numeracy testing. <br /> I don't know if they told them it was actual research data or simulated, but either way, I'm not sure that "deciding the data was wrong" doesn't seem like political bias to me. They seemed to have no such questions about face-cream. The pattern of wrong data followed very political, not mathematical patterns. <br />Pat's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15234744401613958081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-67772239251270133302014-02-12T18:33:42.218+00:002014-02-12T18:33:42.218+00:00"he gave identical numerical data supposedly ..."he gave identical numerical data supposedly coming from an actual survey"<br /><br />In other words, he lied to the subjects. Did it say in their consent forms that they might be lied to? Maybe some of them (on both sides) were using reason, and deciding that the data was wrong. (Like we do when a die comes up heads too many times.)Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.com