Avoiding Cognitive Biases: Promoting Good Decision Making in Research Methods Courses

Autor/in	Stapleton, Paul
Titel	Avoiding Cognitive Biases: Promoting Good Decision Making in Research Methods Courses
Quelle	In: Teaching in Higher Education, 24 (2019) 4, S.578-586 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Stapleton, Paul)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1356-2517
DOI	10.1080/13562517.2018.1557137
Schlagwörter	Research Methodology; Bias; Experimenter Characteristics; Decision Making; Critical Reading; Graduate Students; Misconceptions; Science Process Skills; Research Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research method; Forschungsmethode; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Kritisches Lesen; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Missverständnis; Forschungskritik
Abstract	The content of research methods courses in tertiary education, as revealed by popular textbooks, tends to focus largely on procedural aspects of research investigations. Although following proper procedures is essential for reaching valid and reliable outcomes, there is another attribute of good quality research that is often missing from research methods courses and textbooks: appropriate decision making and the avoidance of cognitive biases, such as confirmation bias and base rate neglect. In this essay, some of the more common cognitive biases are highlighted with examples from everyday life in order to illustrate how these biases can influence decision-making processes when reading about or conducting research investigations. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01