>So it sounds like you are suggesting that if your observations contradict
>research findings we should trust your observations. So, in order to
>evaluate your claim, I would like to know:
>
>1. How do you operationalize the FAE in your observations?
>2. How do you establish the reliability and validity of your measure of the
>FAE?
>3. On how many observations is your conclusion based?
>4. Is this true of international students of ALL other countries, or certain
>ones?
>
>If you answer these for me, I'll compare your observations to the studies
>that have been published in peer reviewed (i.e., Eurocentric) journals, and
>then decide which is more persuasive.
Well done Marty!
I am constantly tired by students who attempt to refute my lectures by
their own "observations." I ask them virtually the same questions you just
posed... what about confirmation bias? Is it possible that we are only
remembering the "observations" that conform to our theory?
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Stephen W. Tuholski Ph.D.
Asst. Professor
Dept. of Psychology
Southern Illinois U. at Edwardsville
Edwardsville IL 62026
Phone: 618 650 5391
Fax: 618 650 5087
http://www.siue.edu/~stuhols
"Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so."
- Bertrand Russell
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