The Myth of Partisan Grading! There's been a lot of talk lately about self-censorship on campus. According to one popular theory, conservative students censor themselves because they believe that if they state their true views, they will get a lower grade. This theory is true.
I understand that. But the fact they were being studied at all, & knew it, is a huge confounding variable. Plus, they're presumably not naive. Your misdirection might well have been perceived as precisely that. I'd have realized. I accept, of course, not easy to control all this.
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Yeah, this topic is pretty difficult to study. For example....if we were to redo it, addressing the concerns of our critics, we'd have to conceal *our* identify -- so that the subjects wouldn't say "Oh, Rom and
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Yeah, it's really difficult. I don't think your conclusions are necessarily wrong. It's just... you know.
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