--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > > What specifically is wrong withthe approach? > Ican > > > thinkof plenty of > > > issues, but what are you thinking of that makes > this > > > "junk science" > > > ratherthan quick and dirty pilot study? > > > > Because the "quick and dirty" pilot study is never > > used to justify a larger much more rigorous study. > The > > pilot study is touted about as a rigorous study by > the > > TMO. This becomes junk science, or more > accurately, > > cult science. Pilot studies are used to justify > the > > time and money spent on a rigorous study. Somebody > > might look at health claims and deaths in people > > living in SV housing and compare that to non-SV > > housing in comparable neighborhoods and find that > > there appears to be a statistically significant > > difference between the two groups. That is a quick > and > > dirty pilot study. But for a rigorous study all > other > > variables that could influence death and sickness > > rates (and there are many, many of these) need to > be > > held constant across the compared groups. This can > be > > done, but it would very time consuming and very > > expensive and the TMO isn't interested in doing > this. > > They've got their "results" from the pilot study: > > ergo, cult science. They are not interested in > > discovering "fact", but in promoting their "cult". > Too > > bad! > > > > That's true in this case, but we don't know what > studies are on-going > on SV. It can take years tog et something published > via peer-review, > especially something this controversial. Yes, you could be right. I hope good research is being undertaken, but my bias makes me say, no studies are being undertaken. > > > > > > ------------------------ 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/
