--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > What specifically is wrong withthe approach? Ican > > thinkof plenty of > > issues, but what are you thinking of that makes this > > "junk science" > > ratherthan quick and dirty pilot study? > > Because the "quick and dirty" pilot study is never > used to justify a larger much more rigorous study. The > pilot study is touted about as a rigorous study by the > TMO. This becomes junk science, or more accurately, > cult science. Pilot studies are used to justify the > time and money spent on a rigorous study. Somebody > might look at health claims and deaths in people > living in SV housing and compare that to non-SV > housing in comparable neighborhoods and find that > there appears to be a statistically significant > difference between the two groups. That is a quick and > dirty pilot study. But for a rigorous study all other > variables that could influence death and sickness > rates (and there are many, many of these) need to be > held constant across the compared groups. This can be > done, but it would very time consuming and very > expensive and the TMO isn't interested in doing this. > They've got their "results" from the pilot study: > ergo, cult science. They are not interested in > discovering "fact", but in promoting their "cult". Too > bad! >
That's true in this case, but we don't know what studies are on-going on SV. It can take years tog et something published via peer-review, especially something this controversial. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
