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? ========================== John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol DeVolder" <devoldercar...@gmail.com> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> Sent: Thursday, May 1, 2014 3:28:51 PM Subject: [tips] chicken, Fox News, and correlations 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 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: ku...@mail.plymouth.edu . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454&n=T&l=tips&o=36444 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-36444-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=36445 or send a blank email to leave-36445-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
