--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- 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. Absolutely it could be done and I agree with you that it should be done to support claims being made right now by MMY and the whole TMO. But I doubt MMY has any interest in funding a "real" study. He doesn't think that way, especially in the last 15 years. > > > > > > ------------------------ 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ 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/
