The Left’s Bad Social Science. ... They offer analysis and examples on how that fact can and does skew research, e.g., social scientists unwittingly embed liberal assumptions into their research ...

Social science, including behavioral economics, has recently come under fire as failing to generate studies with reproducible results. The Reproducibility Project made waves in August of 2015 when ...

Brian Nosek, another of the paper’s authors, is executive director of the Center for Open Science, a nonprofit based in Charlottesville, Va., which advocates for transparency in research.

February 07, 2007 Bad Research, Worse Reporting on Global Warming By Dennis Byrne. In trying to prove that the Bush administration is throttling research into global warming, the Union of ...

Social Media. The Bad Science Behind Jonathan Haidt's Call to Regulate Social Media Only 22 of the 476 studies in The Anxious Generation contain data on either heavy social media use or serious ...

Contrary to Haidt's claim that I'm dismissive of all social science research, I actually found an excellent one first on his list, titled "A Large-Scale Test of the Goldilocks Hypothesis ...

Social science research may also be more prone to political bias due to the nature of research topics, which often intersect with current political issues and public debates. This can lead to the ...

Retractions of poorly done studies may increase the chances bad research will be amplified on social media. ... most retractions do not happen soon enough to prevent the spread of faulty science.

In FY 2023, American universities spent more than $3.6 billion on social science research and $1.6 billion on psychological research. Here are the top institutions.