Talk:Snyderman and Rothman (study)

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[edit] criticism

none of the criticism appears to be about the study. --W.R.N. 00:33, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't see how you can say that about the first paragraph. futurebird 00:57, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, yes, the first paragraph is fine. I'm not sure it's criticism, but rather "responses", as the argument isn't with the study itself but rather reactions to the findings. The other paragraphs were what I was referring to. --W.R.N. 01:06, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing references

This article is missing several references, and has a number of format problems. Could someone take a look at this? ---- CharlesGillingham (talk) 08:44, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Original Research

The following sentence:

Regardless of the spin placed on such stories, the choice by media professionals to legitimize racial research by publishing articles and presenting such questions as unresolved "debates[11]" seem to demonstrate a bias that, far from being "liberal", is more conservative in character.

would appear to advance a new synthesis of material. The citation [11] leads to the following:

Challenging the Racist Science of "The Bell Curve" by Randolph T. Holhut (Holhut has been a journalist in New England for more than 20 years. He edited "The George Seldes Reader"): "Murray and Herrnstein claimed that the IQs of blacks are 15 points lower than whites, a claim that most of the mainstream media has treated as fact."

which obviously does not support the claim that the media '[seemingly has] a bias that, far from being 'liberal', is more conservative in character'. I am sure a proper source can be found for the claim, of course, but as it stands it is OR if ever such a thing existed. --Plusdown (talk) 09:11, 7 June 2008 (UTC)