Not sure quite what you are saying here, Mo. I thought you were talking before about what the definition of a study is. Are you trying to say something about this specific study? Specifically, are you trying to level a critique of it's methodology? I can't quite tell.
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > They collection the evidence by asking questions of the study > participants. Those answers are anecdotal. Even if done in a planned > and repeatable fashion, you cannot call evidence collected by asking > questions anything else. > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I study is an analytical outcome of a set of evidence collected in a > > planned and repeatable fashion. The actual collection of evidence may be > > observational or it may be automated and entirely mechanistically > > quantitative. The most important part of a study, however, is that it is > > planned ahead of time and then repeatable procedures are followed. > > Anecdotal evidence, on the other hand, is almost always provided after > the > > collection of said evidence, with no planning before hand, and under > > conditions that are not repeatable. > > > > Judah > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Yes. A study is a collection of anecdotal evidence, even if the > >> anecdote is nothing more than the description of what is observed by > >> those doing the study. > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> > >> wrote > >> > > >> > Each person on this list who has disagreed with the study has given > >> > anecdotal personal experience. Somewhere there is a study that tests > the > >> > ability to distinguish a study from anecdotal evidence. :) > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371816 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
