If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment. ~ Ernest Rutherford Many psychology students (and readers of Psychology Today) hate statistics, p < .05. During my ...

For years now, Psychology has been one of the most popular areas of study in college. Students are fascinated by all aspects of the scientific study of behavior - and rightfully so. This stuff is ...

A few years ago, I caused considerable weeping and gnashing of teeth among psychologists for a piece I wrote explaining why psychology isn't science. It was predicated upon a lengthier argument, which ...