Template:Did you know nominations/Illusory correlation

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The result was: rejected by Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 13:40, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Illusory correlation

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• ... that the high rates of minority arrests may not be the result of racism, but actually the fault of an illusory correlation?

Created/expanded by Fotherge (talk). Self nom at 16:26, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

• Newness and length: Size 5 March: Prose size (text only): 6234 B (955 words) "readable prose size". Size 14 April: Prose size (text only): 19 kB (3044 words) "readable prose size". Not five fold. A little over three fold. As an article, it also reads not so much like an encyclopedia but a paper. Compare article and use of sources in text to Attachment disorder and Consciousness, which are a Good Articles as an examples of sources. This potentially impacts WP:NPOV. --LauraHale (talk) 02:23, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
• Reasoning appears circular. e.g. that racial stereotyping leads to racial profiling which leads to increased arrests of Blacks and Hispanics, which leads to the illusionary correlation between Blacks and Hispanics and crime which lead to racial profiling which leads to racial stereotyping - I believe that's what is being said - something like that. MathewTownsend (talk) 18:23, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

• Are the editors of this article aware of the requirement of reliable sources for medical articles? It applies to this type of psychology also. Please be sure that they are not using primary sources, such as reports of specific research data. It's necessary to find secondary sources, such a a review article such as those that provide meta-analysis.

• Also be careful that your students do not to combine or synthesize information from different articles to form original conclusions. Every finding must be supported by a reliable source, not primary research articles. Thanks, MathewTownsend (talk) 22:59, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

• Essay concerns have not been addressed. →Στc. 07:22, 27 April 2012 (UTC)