The In's and Out's of a True Study

 

Throughout life we hear of many different “facts” and “opinions”. From the playground when we were young to the workplace all the way to the local bars. Things like if you drink caffeine, it will give your kids autism to the importance of the different levels and types of sleep. As we hear these “facts” how we know what is true and what is false.  Some would say to read and believe scientific studies. If it is researched and published that is fact and everything else is false. Studies are very thorough. And precise. People conducting research spend years going through the scientific process to make sure they are as accurate as possible.

              A big problem that’s hard to get rid of completely is something called biases. Biases is simply where someone’s beliefs in politics, religion, and cultural stance gets in the way and affects the research and becomes one sided. Everyone on this earth has a moral compass and this always comes into play when conducting research. Most of the time researchers conduct studies that is important. When conducting this research, they have a hidden agenda and have a hope for the results they are conducting.

              Another big part of research and studies is its very difficult to incorporate all perspectives and be completely accurate. In a study they deal worth different variables and changing the variables can influence the results. If done correctly you can change the variables so that your results match the results you are looking for. For example, you are conducting a study about how homosexual parents impact on their kids compared to Heterosexual families. Simply meaning are the kids of homosexual parents have the same possibility for success as heterosexual parents. As you conduct the research you have two different groups to compare and study. One is the homosexual group, and you take a couple and study and research the kids and what happens to them. For the heterosexual group you study a single mother who is heterosexual but isn’t married or has a significant other present. As you conduct the study you find that they are the same and there isn’t any difference in the groups. So, your results are that both heterosexual and homosexual groups are the same. But as we look at other studies, we find that children of a single parent household are at a significant lower advantage as a normal household. As we look at these two studies, we find that the first one changed the variable from families with both a mother and a father to just a single parent this changing the outcome of the study. But according to what they did study both homosexual and heterosexual parents are the same. That is why it is extremely important to not just look at the conclusion of any research or finding of a study.

              As we look at the whole study we can learn if this study is truly what it claims it is. Like understanding anything in life looking over the whole picture will give us better understanding to what we are trying to learn. As we do this, we will be able to weave through the studies that are factual and the studies that are one sided. As well this can help us in all aspects of life not just research but the things, we hear both on the playground, in the workplace, and at our local bars. Another huge prophet for doing this as well is we can really understand what is best for us. We won’t have to keep trying all the fads that come and go throughout time because we can see what truly helps us. As well to finish with a little joke. There was once a study done that showed that 95% of all studies are false.