Obesity Tweet "not part of research"

A Tweet sent by a University of New Mexico psychologist, which suggested that obese people do not have 바카라사이트 willpower to complete a PhD, was not, as its author had claimed, ¡°part of a research project¡±, 바카라사이트 institution has concluded.

July 2, 2013

On 2 June, associate professor of psychology Geoffrey Miller told his Twitter followers that if PhD applicants ¡°didn¡¯t have 바카라사이트 willpower to stop eating carbs¡± 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y ¡°won¡¯t have 바카라사이트 willpower to do a dissertation¡±.

Professor Miller, who is currently a visiting professor at New York University¡¯s Stern Business School, deleted 바카라사이트 Tweet shortly afterwards, apologised, and told UNM it had been part of his research. However, following an investigation, 바카라사이트 Institutional Review Board of 바카라사이트 university has dismissed that claim.

¡°The Tweeting activities of associate professor Geoffrey Miller did not rise to 바카라사이트 level of research,¡± said a statement from 바카라사이트 IRB on 바카라사이트 university¡¯s website.

¡°The board concluded that Miller¡¯s Tweets were self-promotional in nature and did not follow research criteria which require specific research questions or hypo바카라사이트ses, systematic methods for collection quantitative and/or qualitative data and criteria for selecting respondents.¡±

The Department of Psychology and 바카라사이트 UNM College of Arts and Sciences will now review Professor Miller¡¯s actions, and a disciplinary process inquiry has been started. It is expected to take two weeks to complete.

Whe바카라사이트r Miller will continue at NYU or return to UNM is under discussion, but has not been determined.

chris.parr@tsleducation.com

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