1238 - Obvious

Found this one on PopSci's website. It's supposed to be ten really obvious things that don't need to be pointed out by scientific research. First they state the obvious. Then they state the problem. But then they analyse it and justify it. Example -

The Study
“Weekends, Work, and Well-Being: Psychological Need Satisfactions and Day of the Week Effects on Mood, Vitality, and Physical Symptoms,” Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, January 2010


The Findings
Heaven knows everyone hates Mondays, but there has been very little scientific data to explain why. That’s why, for 21 days, 74 people near Rochester, New York, filled out questionnaires three times a day that asked about their mood and physical well-being. As expected, people felt better from Friday night until Sunday afternoon and felt worse while at work.


Why Bother?
Author Richard M. Ryan hypothesizes that we enjoy the weekend more because it satisfies self-determination theory: We feel best when we are autonomous (no boss around), competent (barbecuing is easier than wrangling with a computer database) and related (hanging out with your family beats eating lunch with a co-worker). The study emphasizes the importance of free time in increasing feelings of well-being. Figuring out how to structure work so that people feel more capable and satisfied during the week is one of the next steps of Ryan’s research.


So there are ten of them for you to analyse right HERE. I think they all deserve analysis.

Do you realize how many words you can go through trying to figure out how to spell analyse? Did you know there is an ANALY high school in California?