In this week’s special In The Wild episode, Greg and Patrick turn their Quantitude loose on the premise that birth order has a causal impact on the very person who you are. They discuss what questions they would raise and what issues they would need to have addressed in order fully evaluate whether or not this is a reasonable claim.
Related Episodes
- S3E01: Leaping to Statistical Conclusion Validity
- S2E33: Truth, Balderdash, and Construct Validity
- S1E26: The Internal Validity Pre-Flight Checklist
Suggested Readings
Booth, A. L., & Kee, H. J. (2009). Birth order matters: the effect of family size and birth order on educational attainment. Journal of population economics, 22(2), 367-397.
Paulhus, D. L., Trapnell, P. D., & Chen, D. (1999). Birth order effects on personality and achievement within families. Psychological Science, 10(6), 482-488.
Rodgers, J. L., Cleveland, H. H., Van Den Oord, E., & Rowe, D. C. (2000). Resolving the debate over birth order, family size, and intelligence. American Psychologist, 55(6), 599.
Rohrer, J. M., Egloff, B., & Schmukle, S. C. (2015). Examining the effects of birth order on personality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(46), 14224-14229.
Schooler, C. (1972). Birth order effects: Not here, not now. Psychological Bulletin, 78(3), 161.
Wichman, A. L., Rodgers, J. L., & MacCallum, R. C. (2006). A multilevel approach to the relationship between birth order and intelligence. Personality and social psychology bulletin, 32(1), 117-127.
Zajonc, R. B., & Mullally, P. R. (1997). Birth order: Reconciling conflicting effects. American Psychologist, 52(7), 685.