At 2:37 PM -0600 12/19/01, Mike Scoles wrote: >This seems a bit unfair, given Miller's uncommon example of intellectual >honesty in admitting to the failures to replicate and retracting the earlier >claim. > >Paul Brandon wrote: > >> Personally, I think it demonstrates that he was more effective in shaping >> the behavior of his grad students.
Sorry -- I was not implying that Miller deliberately caused his students to falsify data. I was referring to the near-universal natural contingencies governing the behavior of graduate students when they know what their mentors expect to find. This is why replication is so important! * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato * * 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * * http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
