Web Page Evaluation Project

This article: Feline Reactions to Bearded Men was created by a group of indiviuals teaching at several universities, or at least appear to be with no mention of their subjects. Many of the studies were inconclusive and I found a university site claiming that this article is a spoof Link to the article here. There is no email address for viewers to contact any of the authors. I think this is an article likely to be a false trail for researchers. Even the statements about the research sound very silly: "The test subjects were female cats, all between the ages of four and six. 214 cats participated in the study. Three cats died during the study, due to causes unrelated to the bearded men. Fifteen cats gave birth while viewing the photographs." There are no peer reviews listed. The language used does not even seem professional compared to the usual language in psychology articles or other such kinds of research.


There was an unfinished study done in November 2001 not even researched by the same individuals with a manipulated photograph as the illustration. Improbable Research is a site that does not prove the information given is true, it is just a website for humor and way to get people to think.