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, 23:00, December 15, 2022→Social science of psychology very frequently contains pseudoscience
In 2011, the ''[[New York Times]]'' declared:
In 2011, the ''[[New York Times]]'' declared:
{{cquote|Also common is a self-serving statistical sloppiness. In an analysis published this year, Dr. Wicherts and Marjan Bakker, also at the University of Amsterdam, searched a random sample of 281 psychology papers for statistical errors. They found that about half of the papers in high-end journals contained some statistical error.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/health/research/noted-dutch-psychologist-stapel-accused-of-research-fraud.html?_r=2 Fraud Case Seen as a Red Flag for Psychology Research]</ref>}}
{{cquote|Also common is a self-serving statistical sloppiness. In an analysis published this year, Dr. Wicherts and Marjan Bakker, also at the University of Amsterdam, searched a random sample of 281 psychology papers for statistical errors. They found that about half of the papers in high-end journals contained some statistical error.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/health/research/noted-dutch-psychologist-stapel-accused-of-research-fraud.html?_r=2 Fraud Case Seen as a Red Flag for Psychology Research]</ref>}}
46 percent of psychologists who the [[National Health Service|NHS]] reports as being depressed, "out of 800 psychologists sampled, 29 per cent reported suicidal ideation and 4 per cent reported attempting suicide."<ref>[https://archive.md/6QMQ5 Confessions of a depressed psychologist: I'm in a darker place than my patients] The Telegraph, February 8, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/wellbeing/health-advice/i-was-an-nhs-psychologist---but-i-suffered-from-depression/ Confessions of a depressed psychologist: I'm in a darker place than my patients] The Telegraph, February 8, 2016</ref>
=== The atheist psychologist Sigmund Freud promoted pseudoscience ===
=== The atheist psychologist Sigmund Freud promoted pseudoscience ===