Challenges to Mean-Based Analysis in Psychology: The Contrast Between Individual People and General Science
In a recent paper we (Speelman & McGann, 2013) argued that psychology’s reliance on data analysis methods that are based on group averages has resulted in a science of group phenomena that may be misleading about the nature of and reasons for individual behaviour. The paper highlighted a tension bet...
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| description | In a recent paper we (Speelman & McGann, 2013) argued that psychology’s reliance on data analysis methods that are based on group averages has resulted in a science of group phenomena that may be misleading about the nature of and reasons for individual behaviour. The paper highlighted a tension between a science in search of general laws on the one hand, and the individual, variable, and diverse nature of human behaviour on the other. This Research Topic explored this concern about the pitfalls of using the mean for the basis of psychological science. The problem is universal in its applicability to psychology, and opinion papers, reviews, and original empirical research from all areas of the discipline were invited. A total of 16 authors contributed 9 articles to the Topic. The range of issues that the authors viewed through the lens provided is impressive. The papers in this collection include a range of perspectives that provide concrete examples of how to approach research design, data collection, and analysis differently. No one contribution will provide a solution to our multifarious challenges, but nor should it. Our subject matter is complex and subtle, our investigations and methodological techniques will need to be equally so. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-429522024-03-29T08:01:23Z Challenges to Mean-Based Analysis in Psychology: The Contrast Between Individual People and General Science Marek McGann Craig P. Speelman BF1-990 Q1-390 inference mean Average groups Individuals variability bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology In a recent paper we (Speelman & McGann, 2013) argued that psychology’s reliance on data analysis methods that are based on group averages has resulted in a science of group phenomena that may be misleading about the nature of and reasons for individual behaviour. The paper highlighted a tension between a science in search of general laws on the one hand, and the individual, variable, and diverse nature of human behaviour on the other. This Research Topic explored this concern about the pitfalls of using the mean for the basis of psychological science. The problem is universal in its applicability to psychology, and opinion papers, reviews, and original empirical research from all areas of the discipline were invited. A total of 16 authors contributed 9 articles to the Topic. The range of issues that the authors viewed through the lens provided is impressive. The papers in this collection include a range of perspectives that provide concrete examples of how to approach research design, data collection, and analysis differently. No one contribution will provide a solution to our multifarious challenges, but nor should it. Our subject matter is complex and subtle, our investigations and methodological techniques will need to be equally so. 2021-02-11T09:40:35Z 2021-02-11T09:40:35Z 2018-02-27 16:16:44 2016 book 25552 16648714 9782889450435 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/42952 eng Frontiers Research Topics image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International http://www.frontiersin.org/books/Challenges_to_Mean-Based_Analysis_in_Psychology_The_Contrast_between_Individual_People_and_General_/1073 http://journal.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/3349/challenges-to-mean-based-analysis-in-psychology-the-contrast-between-individual-people-and-general-s Frontiers Media SA 10.3389/978-2-88945-043-5 10.3389/978-2-88945-043-5 bf5ce210-e72e-4860-ba9b-c305640ff3ae 9782889450435 114 open access |
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