The issue is not whether the research fit into any particulary
paradigm, but rather are the sweeping generalizations made by the authors
valid.......or too put it a little more bluntly...are the results
reproducable?
My argument is that they studied too select a population to be
able to make the sweeping generalizations that they did.
I will let the psychologists and sociologists argue about the best
way to carry out their research, meanwhile I reserve the right to ask for
a high standard of proof when I view their results.
Cheers and Happy New Year
Mark
Dr. Mark H. Shapiro
Physics Department
California State University, Fullerton
P.O. Box 6866
Fullerton, California 92834-6866