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The study authors are not religious. They are progressivs. They have repeatedly stated in their papers and in other forms that they support transitioning.
. You are making a lot of completely fabricated claims here. Whereas I referenced actual peer reviewed published studies.
Also. Every single psychology study that exists has limitations.
There are always issues. Always.
That's the point of additional research. It aims to investigate things from multiple angles. Multiple populations.
People outside of research don't seem to understand this.
For example if I did a study on Latino women and plastic surgery. You would say" that's not a fair study, it's only on Latinos "
Whereas I would reply. Yes. That's what it says in the paper. It's on a specific group.
Participant information is always listed in published papers. The writers always address this.
This information was not hidden or anything.
You just have to read the papers and the limitations are always discussed in the conclusion section of papers.
Wouldn't it be more like if you were doing a study on Latino women and plastic surgery and you asked the women's parents?
Then the study was about their parents.
See. That's the point. The way that the data is collected is part of the study.
We don't claim that any data collection method is the one true prefer way to collect. Instead we collect data from multiple sources.
Often times the sources are chosen for the availability.
For instance. Online surveys are much easier to send out than finding individuals in real life if the thing you are researching is stigmatized or there is no register of these people.
Survey polls have many validity concerns. These are well known in psych research. No one takes them at face value.
The limitations and possible influence of survey data is always discussed in the paper.
Researchers do not ignore this fact.