--- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Jun 27, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Peter Sutphen wrote: > > > 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. > > So do you feel that there are "study design" issues > with some of the > TMO research? > > I would think that almost any question presented to > your typical TMO > research subject would be completely indoctrinated > into the "good" > response, no? How could you hide that? Wouldn't you > have to have > TM/TMSP meditators who were not exposed to any such > bias--which would > even mean the literature which precedes the intro > lectures and the > scientific lit. IN the intro. lectures? > > Pretty hard person to find. There's some good research in TM and some really crappy research in TM. Most of the crappy research comes about because pilot studies are being done with marginal research designs because the researcher is looking for some effect before dedicating lots of time and money into better designed research. But then the TMO gets ahold of this and uses it as if it is some sort of well designed research and it is far from that. Again, the recent North vs. South entrance stuff is crappy research. > > > > 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] > > > > > ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.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/
