--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 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.
True enough, but you can simulate the expectations of the TM intro and 3-nights checking lectures, and this HAS been done in at least one study. 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/
