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studies like this remind me of an experiment I took part in as a freshman in college. The study was to examine the effects of alcohol on short term learning and retention. Well as it turned out I knew more about the experiment than the gradual student conducting the exam, but all I wanted was my $20 for taking part...oh and the free booze! hahaha.
Anyway the questions I was asked amounted to these core ideas: First was how much booze I consumed in a week, how many drinks did I have on the days I did drink and then she twisted that into I had at least one beer every day. WTF??? I drank on weekends only with the occasional beer with pizza in the middle of the week. Now when I cut loose on weekends I was legendary but come school time I was sober as a Muslim on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
But that was how screwed up her experiment was; I was really amazed the whole thing was even given approval because the questions were already flawed potentially wrecking her conclusions before she even started. Worse was, because I have the worlds best liver, I scored better on the tests after the booze than before...why? I memorized the solutions as we did the tests the first time. hahaha...that confused her as well. So never pass up a chance to screw with a survey or any sort of test like this.
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