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Are jokesters screwing up our data on gay teenagers?

  • Written by Jessica Fish, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Austin
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Teens are mischievous, not to be trusted. You’ve probably heard the trope before – maybe you even believe it yourself. But is the stereotype now warping our trust of scientific results?

Surveys can help researchers better understand the lives of teens, but skeptics argue that youth are often...

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