I know it’s old, but it’s a perfect example of why you have to check definitions when looking at politically charged studies.
I know it’s old, but it’s a perfect example of why you have to check definitions when looking at politically charged studies.
By reading the study and not relying on someone’s interpretation of it.
The issue is relying on that shifts the bulk of the work to the reader. Most people don’t have the time (or let’s be honest, the knowledge and experience) to properly go back through the sources and look at the raw data and conclusions to make your own assessments.
As I wrote my dissertation, one fascinating thing was when you followed citations back to their source. Often they did not claim what was said. I am not talking about different interpretations, I am talking about the citation that didn’t even remotely resemble what was cited. I would say it was well over 30% of the citations.
As such not only reading the study but following the cites back as well.
Thats the problem, to properly understand studies, you have to have a solid background in that field. You cant expect the average person to have knowledge in any particular subject.