I imagine that, in contrast to some of the other research recently discussed here, the placebo effect might not be getting stronger in this field of research?
John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu > From: <sbl...@ubishops.ca> > Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:46:34 -0400 > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > Conversation: [tips] Are parachutes effective? > Subject: [tips] Are parachutes effective? > > Smith and Pell report the results of a review and meta-analysis > of randomized controlled trials of parachute use. > > From the Discussion: > > "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a medical > intervention justified by observational data must be in want of > verification through a randomized controlled trial". > > See: > > http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/327/7429/1459#responses > > Smith, C., & Pell, J. (2003). Hazardous journey: Parachute use > to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational > challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials. > BMJ 2003;327:1459-1461. > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1318 or send a blank email to leave-1318-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu