Way back I famous:
Most [empirical] research have an agenda related to their focal issue; the authors, funders, and referees have solutions they count on and wish to see. Authors can manipulate the statistics to get the reply they need, and funders and referees can refuse to publish undesirable solutions. So I inform college students to focus extra on the management variables when deciding what to imagine. For instance, you may higher belief the management variable estimates of the impact of alcohol, than the estimates from research the place alcohol was the primary focus. (extra)
Immediately I simply wish to word {that a} comparable factor applies to literature. The primary character and plot buildings of novels are chosen to satisfy the wants of storytelling, supporting the expectations and morals that readers wish to hear. Take a look at these if you wish to learn to inform compelling tales.
However if you wish to find out about actual people, the genius of the best authors lies largely of their particulars, what they are saying about very explicit behaviors, ideas, and emotions. That is true of Middlemarch, which I’m now studying, and likewise of Tolstoy, in my thoughts the perfect.
