The researchers coded interview data flexibly to maximize prejudice discrimination

Evidence

The so-called “questions” are actually very general areas of inquiry and the inquiries produced complex multi-dimensional data which the authors coded in any way that promised to distinguish prejudiced subjects from unprejudiced subjects. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 509

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to critiques of circular reasoning and post-hoc coding in early personality and prejudice research. — connects to: The Frankfurt School’s empirical method required trusted local interviewers rather than outside field workers — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1555
• SEED: A method-minded essay could explore how flexible coding designed to discriminate groups inflates reported effect sizes in early psychology.