Elastic Analysis Procedures: An Incurable (but Preventable) Problem in the Fertility Effect Literature. Comment on Gildersleeve, Haselton, and Fales (2014).
Gildersleeve, Haselton, and Fales (2014) presented a meta-analysis of the effects of fertility on mate preferences in women. Research in this area has categorized fertility using a great variety of methods, chiefly based on self-reported cycle length and time since last menses. We argue that this li...
| Publicado en: | Psychological Bulletin Vol. 140; no. 5; pp. 1260 - 1265 |
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