--- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Jun 27, 2005, at 10:07 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> On Jun 27, 2005, at 9:03 AM, sparaig wrote: > >> > >>> You have no idea what "accumulations of merit > and wisdom" the > > long-term > >>> witnessing folk show. > >> > >> Then tell. I'm listening. > > > > > > Researchers at MUM had subjects fill out various > forms, and tested > > their EEG and other physiological parameters and > correlated test > > scores with physiology measures and long-termness > of TM practice. > > > > Oh yeah, heard plenty of stuff like this. I thought > you meant something > new. > > I see a number of problems with this approach--one > is, 'is this a > random sample of meditators, either in general or in > the long-term > group?'. Of course we know they are not being chosen > by a unbiased > researcher. The other problem is that on ANYONE in > the TM paradigm, > they have been indoctrinated that TM does this and > good reporting would > be good, saying anything bad would be going against > everything we/they > stand for. Consequently these subjects well know > that they should > report certain good experiences even cached in a > certain wording. In > other words they been coached by the very nature > paradigm to provide > certain answers. Good assessment instruments for self-report measures take a good amount of time to develop because of the above problems. The questions need to have low face validity (i.e., it is not self-evident what is a "good" or a "bad " response). The recent "research" on northern entrances vs. southern entrances is a good example of this. If subjects know that a northern entrance is "good" then they will report more good things happening to them. > >> > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
