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The researcher may also look for disconfirming evidence. The process involves having the researcher first establish a theme and then look through all of the evidence for exceptions to this theme. This is evidence that presents an alternative explanation for a theme.

Much of the research on pornography has been normative; it has assumed that the only healthy form of sexuality is vanilla sex (that is, not kinky) between monogamous couple-based partners for reasons beyond simply pleasure.

I conducted my research, whatever

Berkson’s Paradox : Strong correlations can fall apart when combined with a larger population. Among hospital patients, motorcycle crash victims wearing helmets are more likely to be seriously injured than those not wearing helmets. But that’s because most crash victims saved by helmets did not need to become hospital patients, and those without h

Rejecting the opposite of what we’re interested in seems like a lot of hoops to jump through. Why not just test the hypothesis that there is a difference between versions? The reason for this approach is at the heart of the scientific process of falsification. It’s very difficult to prove something scientifically.