[tips] chicken, Fox News, and correlations

2014-05-01 Thread Carol DeVolder
With respect to drawing causation from correlation, one of my students
pointed this out to me. Apparently, if you want to create aggressive
children, give 'em their meat still on the bone...

I've been unable to find the actual article (I haven't tried very hard
though), but here is a story from Medical News Today:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/276052.php and here's how Fox News
reported it:
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/04/29/eating-chicken-bone-makes-kids-more-aggressive-study-shows

Carol

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Re: [tips] chicken, Fox News, and correlations

2014-05-01 Thread John Kulig

Sounds like they assigned children to conditions. Was it random? But even if 
not, each Ss served in both conditions. Small N. 

I wouldn't necessarily call the IV confounded, but chicken on-the-bone versus 
bite sized chunks is a sloppy IV - what exactly is the key stimulus feature? It 
could be, for instance, the fact that gross versus fine motor skills are 
involved. If so, might we expect a similar finding if we had children working 
with a small screwdriver versus a hammer? 

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With respect to drawing causation from correlation, one of my students pointed 
this out to me. Apparently, if you want to create aggressive children, give 'em 
their meat still on the bone... 

I've been unable to find the actual article (I haven't tried very hard though), 
but here is a story from Medical News Today: 
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/276052.php and here's how Fox News 
reported it: 
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/04/29/eating-chicken-bone-makes-kids-more-aggressive-study-shows
 

Carol 

-- 
Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. 
Professor of Psychology 
St. Ambrose University 
518 West Locust Street 
Davenport, Iowa 52803 
563-333-6482 






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Re: [tips] chicken, Fox News, and correlations

2014-05-01 Thread Gerald Peterson
Yes, but repeated measures experiment. Haven't checked actual report either, 
but it might be interesting example of demand character and imitation?  
Incautiously hyped by author in that Medical News link. Hmmm.

 
G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D
Psychology@SVSU


 On May 1, 2014, at 3:30 PM, Carol DeVolder devoldercar...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 With respect to drawing causation from correlation, one of my students 
 pointed this out to me. Apparently, if you want to create aggressive 
 children, give 'em their meat still on the bone... 
 
 I've been unable to find the actual article (I haven't tried very hard 
 though), but here is a story from Medical News Today:  
 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/276052.php and here's how Fox News 
 reported it: 
 http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/04/29/eating-chicken-bone-makes-kids-more-aggressive-study-shows
 
 Carol
 
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 Professor of Psychology
 St. Ambrose University
 518 West Locust Street
 Davenport, Iowa  52803
 563-333-6482
 
 
 
 
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