# Tea Partiers Are Well Versed in Science

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**Created:** [October 18, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-partiers-are-well-versed-in-science/671574 "2013-10-18T13:53:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-partiers-are-well-versed-in-science/671574/2 "2013-10-18T13:58:34Z")

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That the researcher doesn’t think this means anything and that you should try posting less misleading thread titles.

[QUOTE=Dan Kahan]  
Next time I collect data, too, I won’t be surprised at all if the correlations between science comprehension and political ideology or identification with the Tea Party movement disappear or flip their signs. These effects are trivially small, & if I sample 2000+ people it’s pretty likely any discrepancy I see will be “statistically significant”–which has precious little to do with “practically significant.”  
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