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Political homogeneity can nurture threats to research validity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2015

John R. Chambers  and
Barry R. Schlenker
John R. Chambers
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63108. chambersjr@slu.edu http://johnchambersslu.weebly.com/
Barry R. Schlenker
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2250. schlenkr@ufl.edu http://www.psych.ufl.edu/~schlenkr/
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Abstract

Political homogeneity within a scientific field nurtures threats to the validity of many research conclusions by allowing ideologically compatible values to influence interpretations, by minimizing skepticism, and by creating premature consensus. Although validity threats can crop in any research, the usual corrective activities in science are more likely to be minimized and delayed.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e138
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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