“The Oxford Study” typically refers to a study done by Oxford University finding that Asian women will more often pursue caucasian males as opposed to any other race.
This study also concludes that some Asian women weigh race over conventional attractiveness when pursing a male.
This study also concludes that some Asian women weigh race over conventional attractiveness when pursing a male.
Asian Woman: *has a white boyfriend, particularly one who is far less attractive than her*
Person 2: Damn, guess the Oxford Study was right
Person 2: Damn, guess the Oxford Study was right
by DornPVN March 7, 2024
Get the Oxford Study mug.A person who studies a lot, and he gets straight As in tests or exams, but he has no idea what the hell is he doing! A 21st century typical student who only focuses on grades or degrees, and he cares little to zero about the material he is learning, or the outcome of his studies in terms of knowledge and real life applications. Someone who is in school with the main focus of making more money or following the crowd and listening to what others told him, so he tries to do well just to embarrass them. The good student with no qualifications who sums up our educational systems today.
This engineer I work with must have been a studying donkey! He has a PHD, but he cannot answer a single question I ask him at my job.
by Zizou1990 March 9, 2024
Get the studying donkey mug.a shorthand way to describe a romantic couple comprised of asian/ east asian women and white men.
there are a lot of possible explanations such as white men being seen as more masculine and asian women being more feminine and exotic, but it is a relatively common romantic pairing.
it originated from a study by oxford university talking about why so many white guys and so many asian women get together.
there are a lot of possible explanations such as white men being seen as more masculine and asian women being more feminine and exotic, but it is a relatively common romantic pairing.
it originated from a study by oxford university talking about why so many white guys and so many asian women get together.
"Did you see her new boyfriend? He's completely out of her league"
"Yep, common oxford study situation"
"Yep, common oxford study situation"
by idontevenknowwhatsup April 2, 2024
Get the oxford study mug.A way of thinking that is different to many others, this usually involves massive headaches and urges for a “little something” from nearby desired partners. Many people associate this with the desire to start gaming.
by The Antisocial Therapist <4 July 1, 2021
Get the Study mug.The problem of external validity (the "lab vs. world" gap). Controlled studies, especially randomized controlled trials (RCTs), are the gold standard for establishing causality. But to achieve control, you must isolate variables in an artificial, simplified environment. The hard problem is that this very act of control often strips away the real-world context, complexity, and interactions that determine how a treatment or phenomenon actually functions in the wild. What works perfectly in a double-blind RCT might fail or cause harm in a messy society because people aren't lab rats and the world isn't a sterile cage.
Example: A prestigious RCT proves a new antidepressant is highly effective. But the study excluded people with substance abuse issues, chronic pain, or more than two other medications—a large portion of real-world patients. When prescribed widely, the drug shows severe side effects and lower efficacy because it interacts with dozens of variables absent from the lab. The hard problem: The more perfectly you control a study to prove internal causality, the less it can tell you about external applicability. The quest for purity in evidence can render the evidence irrelevant to complex reality. Hard Problem of Controlled Studies.
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