This piece was first written in 2017, and first appeared on my website on April 29, 2026.
This essay is one in a series examining sexual harassment and assault. Sexual harassment and assault occur appallingly often. We have an absurdly long way to go as a society to correct this problem.
To make progress on persistent problems, as this one clearly is, it’s often helpful to try to deeply understand the forces that drive and maintain the problem. As a small step in that direction, I ran...
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Do The Findings Of A Study Conducted In One Place Generalize To Other Places?
Do the results of studies generalize to new situations?
For instance, suppose a study is conducted on a technique or intervention (e.g., providing health education to parents) and the study finds it to be effective for a particular outcome (e.g., improving the health of children). When the next study is conducted on (what appears to be) the same intervention and outcome, should we expect that study to ALSO find the intervention to be effective?
There are a lot of reasons why it may NOT:
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