Month: March 2024

Really? “Cutting out meat might help prevent snoring”

On By Beth Morling, University of DelawareIn Chapter 02; Sources of Information, Chapter 03; Three Claims, Four Validities, Chapter 08; Bivariate Correlation Research, Questions and Answers

Does the study support the causal claim the journalist attached to it? Photo: Dusan Petkovic/Shutterstock Guest post by Carli Fine, University of Delaware A recent news article for the general public was headlined, “Cutting Out Meat Might Help PreventSnoring: Study”. The journalistic source was Health Day: News for Healthier Living, which makes recommendations for the …

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Coping with something? Try holding hands with a person you love

On By Beth Morling, University of DelawareIn Chapter 10; Introduction to Simple Experiments, Chapter 12; Experiments with More Than One Independent Variable

The studies had couples hold hands (or not) during stressful events. Photo: fizkes/Shutterstock This post helps illustrate how researchers can start with a simple experiment and then move to a factorial design (both designs here are IVxPV designs). In this story covered by KHOU, (originally in the Washington Post) we learn that when people hold …

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