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S. Stanley Young; Warren Kindzierski; David Randall – National Association of Scholars, 2022
"Shifting Sands: Flimsy Food Findings" examines how irreproducible science affects select areas of government policy and regulation governed by different federal agencies. This second report focuses on "Food Frequency Questionnaire" and irreproducible research in the field of nutritional epidemiology, which informs the U.S.…
Descriptors: Food, Evidence, Federal Regulation, Nutrition
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Marc Brysbaert – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
Experimental psychology is witnessing an increase in research on individual differences, which requires the development of new tasks that can reliably assess variations among participants. To do this, cognitive researchers need statistical methods that many researchers have not learned during their training. The lack of expertise can pose…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Individual Differences, Statistical Analysis, Task Analysis
Rebecca Burtenshaw; Merrilyn Goos – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2024
This position paper examines the phenomenon of the McNamara Fallacy to analyse flawed conceptions of "success" in mathematics learning, normalised assessment structures and their implications for mathematics education. The established presence of the McNamara Fallacy and the ramifications of this statistical fallacy provide a foundation…
Descriptors: Criticism, Misconceptions, Mathematics Education, Success