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>Does anyone think they have a way out of this problem? Does anyone share my
>concern and interest in finding a way around this colleague/market dilemma?
I don't know that I have the answer, but I definitely am concerned with
the same problem. I think the answer would probably have to involve some
combination of two things: 1) Psychologists are going to have to come to
grips withe the fact that quantitative research is partly applied
mathematics; they're going to have to learn some math in order to be
competent to do research or to interpret it. I don't think there's any
way around that. 2) Quantitative types need to develop better ways to
integrate the mathematics with the topical substantive concerns.
Obviously, much easier said than done.
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