title: Political homogeneity can nurture threats to research validity.
abstract: Political homogeneity within a scientific field nurtures threats to the validity of many research conclusions by allowing ideologically compatible values to influence interpretations, by minimizing skepticism, and by creating premature consensus. Although validity threats can crop in any research, the usual corrective activities in science are more likely to be minimized and delayed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,Saint Louis University,St. Louis,MO 63108.chambersjr@slu.eduhttp://johnchambersslu.weebly.com/
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,University of Florida,Gainesville,FL 32611-2250.schlenkr@ufl.eduhttp://www.psych.ufl.edu/~schlenkr/
authors.forename: Barry R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Schlenker
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D012586:Science