--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Patrick Gillam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Peter > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > --- TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I've never noticed > > > > > mention of any kind of attempt at scientific > > vali- > > > > > dation of MSV's supposed benefits. I'd be > > curious > > > > > as to whether any such attempt has ever been > > made. > > > > > > > > There's been attempts. They look at the robbery > > rate > > > > for businesses > > > > with south-facing entrances vs other directions, > > for > > > > instance. > > > > > > This is known as "crap or joke science". The > > > methodology of this type of "research" is so poor > > that > > > it means absolutely nothing. > > > > Are there not statistical means by which researchers > > can > > cull influences other than the variable being > > studied? For > > example, the superradiance research tried to filter > > out weather, > > seasonal cycles of crime and other factors that > > could > > have queered the data. > > > > - Patrick Gillam > > Yes, you certainly could do such research, but it > takes lots of time and therefore money. The main > problem is controlling for the unobserved variables > that could influence a lower rate of robberies. You > can "remove" them by controlling for them which would > entail a good research design. Your sample size would > also have to be quite large because most houses are > not robbed, let alone houses in wealthy neighborhoods > where most SV houses are found. It would be > interesting research, but who would fund such research > whos hypothesis (i.e., northern entrances to houses > reduce robberies in those houses) is so > counter-intuitive?
Who funded the ME research? It can be done. DOn't know that a "real" study will ever be done, but it could be. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
