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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon
Is "One of the main purposes of the study was to disprove the idea of aggression levels being related or caused by violent games." From the study themselves?
This would disprove the study entirely as it was results-specific study. Scientific research isn't suppose to have a purpose except for find the truth. Mission research is non-scientific.
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Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD
Confirmation bias would not be a 16yr project, I think.
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Here is where it gets sticky. Obviously starting with a conclusion in mind can be a bad thing, but it doesn't discount findings out of hand. If the methodology used and the integrity of the people doing are both strong, you can still produce something very useful. Much of early science was based on the intuition of brilliant minds who then used the scientific method to prove their hypothesis(plural).
Incidentally, STD, I bet you'd be fine with a study whose expressly stated purpose was to prove how human CO2 production was the cause of freak winter storms and hurricanes.