Norbert Kerr

Norbert Lee Kerr (born December 10, 1948)^[1] is an American social psychologist and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University. As of 2014, he also held a part-time appointment as Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Kent in England. He has researched the Kohler effect^[2] and factors influencing decision-making by juries.^[3][4] In 1998, Kerr coined the term "HARKing" (hypothesizing after the results are known).^[5][6]

Norbert Kerr
Born	(1948-12-10) December 10, 1948 (age 76) Lebanon, Missouri
Nationality	American
Education	Washington University in St. Louis University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Known for	Kohler effect
Awards	Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology since 1984 Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science since 1989[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Social psychology
Institutions	University of California, San Diego Michigan State University University of Kent
Thesis	Comparative tests of several predictive models of informational social influence  (1974)
Doctoral advisor	James H. Davis