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[–] 13 points 9 months ago (1 child)

For example if I did a study on Latino women and plastic surgery. You would say" that’s not a fair study, it’s only on Latinos "

Wouldn't it be more like if you were doing a study on Latino women and plastic surgery and you asked the women's parents?

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago

    Then the study was about their parents.

    See. That's the point. The way that the data is collected is part of the study.

    We don't claim that any data collection method is the one true prefer way to collect. Instead we collect data from multiple sources.

    Often times the sources are chosen for the availability.

    For instance. Online surveys are much easier to send out than finding individuals in real life if the thing you are researching is stigmatized or there is no register of these people.

    Survey polls have many validity concerns. These are well known in psych research. No one takes them at face value.

    The limitations and possible influence of survey data is always discussed in the paper.

    Researchers do not ignore this fact.

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