An Introduction to Writer Effects in Research

An Introduction to Writer Effects in ResearchThe writer effect is a phenomenon in the studies of research methods, and the use of this effect may be affected by the researcher's intentions. As an example, in a study on the effect of acupuncture in improving health, it would be expected that acupuncture would have a positive effect on both the quality of life and the survival rate of the participants.This question Nia Vaughan asked herself can be read as: If you believe that acupuncture is effective in curing pain, then it will have a higher survival rate? However, if you don't believe acupuncture works, then your survival rate will be lower. Although, I agree with her premise that there will be an effect, we should analyze what the effects of this effect are.One thing that skeptics do not like to talk about is that the skeptic literature is filled with critics who criticize the methods of the 'Skeptics.' These critics make no bones about it, they are critical of the methods and any c onclusions drawn. The statements made by these critics are often not supported by the data they provide. In other words, in many cases, they are just plain wrong!The skeptic literature is full of the variety of objections that the different researchers make. All scientists have criticisms, but some of the most common criticisms made by critics are: Credibility, Academic dishonesty, Incompetence, Falsification, Indolence, Lack of experimental controls, Mystery, Narcissism, Objectivity, Positioning, Prejudice, Viewpoint, and Vagueness. Although I haven't seen this criticism used against the writers of the skeptic's literature, they might be applied.Another criticism of the writer effect is the notion that reviewers write about their own research for praise and popularity. Although this has been said before, let me say it again. Some of the criticisms I listed above are valid criticisms and many of them have merit. Nonetheless, the evidence has not yet been released that demonstrates t he existence of the writer effect.Finally, the best criticism has to do with researcher attitude and the mindset of researchers. Researchers have the tendency to be self-centered and arrogant. It is easy to see this from the data that is available, but since the process of evaluation of the research is a subjective process and each person has his or her own ways of looking at it, you cannot say with certainty whether the researcher was unbiased or not.There is, however, the argument that the effects are really the result of things like writer's bias and arrogance, rather than the result of the writer effect. There is nothing to prove that there is really a writer effect in scientific studies, but there are some things that the writer effect affects the researchers. So, the writer effect appears to be present, but there is no proof of its existence.However, the writer effect has nothing to do with the writer, as in a true writer effect, the writer does not exist. When writing an essa y, the writer will be less biased than if they were writing a scientific paper, so the writer effect might not apply, but when someone writes an essay, the writer effect does apply!