Autistic Enough

Research Methods has always been one of my favorite parts of psychology; whether you want to be a researcher or not, knowing how research works can be the difference between really understanding your field, or believing every headline that shows up in your newsfeed. I'd like to take a moment to discuss some research issues that, in my opinion, drive one of the biggest challenges in autism research today. Unfortunately, to make my point, I'll need to review some basic research concepts, so if you're already familiar then feel free to scroll on down (I recommend jumping back in around the bold "Let me give an example").  A Review of Research Methods 101 Empirical Research  is research that is based on data; a researcher collects information, making efforts to maximize both precision and accuracy in their measurement, and then looks for relationships in the information they’ve collected. Generally, a researcher goes in with two or more  variables (constructs that can...