PSYC2001 ASSIGNMENT

a) Imagine that the data you analyzed came from a study designed to detect the result you examined in Part 1 with adequate power. Further, say that the results of your analysis in Part 1, and the results of your exploratory analysis reported in Part 2 had been significant, with similar p-values.   Which of the two results, the confirmatory results in Part 1 or the exploratory results in Part 2, is more likely to be true? Describe your reasoning. HARKing, or “hypothesizing after the results are known”, is when a research report is written as if the results observed are consistent with a prediction made by a given theory, when the prediction/theory was actually generated after the data was observed.   b) Why can the practice of HARKing make it difficult to interpret published journal articles? To answer this question, you may find it useful to discuss HARKing in the context of the rest of this assignment