At 12:21 PM 2/8/01 -0600, Jeff Rasmussen wrote:
> I just thought I'd throw this out here and see if there is any
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> For a Graduate Level Statistics course I teach in the Psychology
> Department, I start out with the proposition: "Psychology is Bunk." I
> tie this into Ford's proclamation that History is Bunk. I pre-poll the
> students to see where they stand on the issue, and then assign them into
> groups to argue the proposition Pro and Con. Since the course is Stats,
> their arguments focus on current methodology.
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> Well, anyhow, I'm curious how many of you teach any alternatives
> to the scientific method and statistical analysis in your stats and
> methods courses. I've lost the faith in the religion of science over the
> years, and am curious if there are other lapsed-scientists, or only true
> believers on this list.
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>best,
my view is that it would be better to start off positive ... not negative ...
sure, as you go, point out the difficulties ... "discovering" "summarizing"
knowledge is not easy ... but, there are things we CAN do ...
stress what we can do ... with appropriate caveats of course
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