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by lukasga 1096 days ago
This study was done at my uni, and the legitimacy and rigor of it was questioned and investigated by the university. However, it was ultimately not deemed to be inappropriate. Some interesting info is that the single picture that was shown to the "jury" of a student was handpicked by the author from Facebook, and that the jury consisted of high school students.

More info: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/snygghetsstudien-ar-...
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hibbelig 1095 days ago
They don’t say whether the author knew the grades when selecting the images. They also don’t say whether the jurors knew the grades. As long as they didn’t know I doubt that it had an impact on the study.

You could skew the results if you knew the grades but it wouldn’t be easy.

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NoRelToEmber 1095 days ago
> the legitimacy and rigor of it was questioned and investigated by the university. However, it was ultimately not deemed to be inappropriate.

Does your uni routinely question and investigate the rigor of all its studies, or only ones where it doesn't like the findings?

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im3w1l 1095 days ago
The reason it was questioned was that some women felt uncomfortable by having their images pulled from social media and rated for attractiveness as part of the study, without having been asked or informed. But ultimately the ethics people decided that it was fine after all.
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