Describe how the use of research designs protects us from heuristics and cognitive biases.

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--Student should mention that research requires that we make our predictions beforehand so that the hindsight bias does not lead us to exaggerate our abilities to correctly understand a complex world.
--The research studies use techniques that focus on recording or gathering information so that our intuitions are not allowed to bias the results (such as avoiding availability and representativeness heuristics).
--Designs themselves have limitations so that further research is needed to establish the reliability and validity of our findings.

Describe How the Use of Research Designs Protects Us from Heuristics