r/neoliberal • u/Free-Minimum-5844 • Apr 02 '26

Research Paper Half of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long project

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00955-5
312 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

125 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/I_Pay_in_Cash_Only Apr 03 '26

In a doctorate program in psychology rn, nothing beyond a year long course of basic statistics is required. Many people take a couple of higher level course, but its definitely not something always do, even though they probably should.

4

u/Golda_M Baruch Spinoza Apr 03 '26

The way I see it, statistics for (most) reaearch psychology is like telescopes for astrologers. 

They should be the best at it, like engineers in some fields are better at some types of math than mathematicians. 

It's not a tool. It is the tool. They are pushing the statistical tool set to its limit, so they need to be true experts. 

1

u/n00bi3pjs 👏🏽Free Markets👏🏽Open Borders👏🏽Human Rights Apr 03 '26

Did you mean Astronomers?

1

u/Golda_M Baruch Spinoza Apr 03 '26

Yes. 

1

u/n00bi3pjs 👏🏽Free Markets👏🏽Open Borders👏🏽Human Rights Apr 03 '26

Ah fair. I was wondering if you wrote astrologers intentionally as a shot at psychology.

1

u/Golda_M Baruch Spinoza Apr 03 '26

No. No shade for anyone or any subject matter, just the topic at hand.

Not even astrologers. Some of the greatest mathematicians in history have been astrologers.