Nearly Half of Men Say They Do Most of the Home Schooling. 3 Percent of Women Agree.

[Igel]

1. It's a common problem.

Researchers co-write papers. And some psychologist apparently decided that everybody claiming credit was a bit much. So there have been research papers on credit-claiming in research papers.

The average amount claimed totals fairly consistently to about 140%.

The first such paper was offensive. And was replicated. Which was offensive. So that was replicated. Almost everybody overvalues their contributions and undervalues others'.

Think of it as a human thing.

It's been repeated on engineering teams, so it's not just a bunch of crazy psychologists.

Unless these particular researchers videoed the people doing the homeschooling, the housework, etc., I don't believe what the people report. I don't care if it's a written time diary. "Written" doesn't mean "accurate".

That the research supports what the researchers assumed was the case doesn't qualm my concerns.