https://theconversation.com/the-10-stuff-ups-we-all-make-when-interpreting-research-30816

<5. Did you maybe even want to find that effect?

<Even without trying, we notice and give more credence to information that agrees with views
<we already hold. We are attuned to seeing and accepting things that confirm what we already
< know, think and believe.

<There are numerous example of this confirmation bias but studies such as this reveal how
< disturbing the effect can be.

<10. And just because it’s peer reviewed that doesn’t make it right

<Peer review is held up as a gold standard in science (and other) research at the highest
<levels.

<But even if we assume that the reviewers made no mistakes or that there were no biases in
< the publication policies (or that there wasn’t any straight out deceit), an article appearing in
< a peer reviewed publication just means that the research is ready to be put out to the
<community of relevant experts for challenging, testing, and refining.

<It does not mean it’s perfect, complete or correct. Peer review is the beginning of a study’s
<active public life, not the culmination.

The first book that I read where feminist research was challenged, I had difficulty in believing that feminist research could actually be wrong. After all I had been brain washed into believing that the feminists were telling the truth after all their research supported their arguments.