Scientific Bias in Favor of Studies Finding Gender Bias

Although the sample size is not the only indicator of the quality of a study, it is an extremely important one, as psychological science reformers Fraley & Vazire described in this paper:

“But if an overwhelming proportion of published research findings are not

replicable simply due to power issues (i.e., problems that are under

the direct control of researchers and the editorial standards of the

journals in which they publish) rather than the uncertainty

inherent in human behavior, then people have little reason to take

psychological science seriously. Lloyd (1990) had an N=126, found bias favoring women, and is only cited 85 times (although this is one of the few cases where this study actually has a lower N than the bias favoring men study). Last, let’s consider the two older studies examining real outcomes:

Wenneras & Wold (1997) found bias favoring men, has a sample size of 114, and has been cited 1544 times.

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