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Glenn's brief article here contends that no-fault divorce laws cannot be proven to increase divorce rates based on the research presented by Nakonezny, Shull, and Rodgers. Their research simply looked at national divorce rates and their relation to the rise in no-fault divorce laws.
Glenn's dissention here raises a point that sociologists must be very aware of when they conduct research based on national trends. That point is that in this type of research the researcher will likely find exactly the answer they are looking for. Nakonezny, Shull, and Rodgers failed to consider the fact that this is hardly a scientific experiment, because the nation is subject to an infinite number of other factors, each of which could have more or less to do with the divorce rates than no-fault laws. Glenn didn't stop at making this point though, he went further to actually show a blatant flaw in their research based on when the individual states adopted no-fault laws in relation to their divorce rates.
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I found the Glenn article to be interesting because I liked the challenge. Sometimes when I read these articles, I want to write to the researcher and be like WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! Oftentimes I find myself disagreeing with a methodology or a finding and I want to question them. I would like to read more articles like this that pressure the researcher to explain themselves or think about something differently.
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