Comments on: Resolving Conflicting Research Results: Vaccine Education is Tricky

By: Barbara Drescher

Barbara Drescher — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 23:03:00 +0000

I greatly appreciate the link to your data, although I have no real concerns about your findings. As I noted, I think the research was well-design and I have no serious criticisms (which, as anyone who reads the blog will attest, is a huge compliment) of the research itself.

And, yes, this wasn’t meant to be a thorough discussion of method, just a quick overview to show laypersons how the findings of two studies can appear to contradict each other even when neither is badly flawed.

By: Zach Horne

Zach Horne — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 02:27:13 +0000

I enjoyed your blog post. I think you raise some important points about how to interpret our results and Nyhan’s results. I do feel that other experimental issues, which are slightly more subtle, were glossed over in this overview. However, I understand that you cannot necessarily get into the nitty-gritty in such a post.

If you have question-level concerns about our findings, I’d encourage you to check out the data here https://osf.io/nx364/

-Zach Horne