--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm not even insisting that *this* study demonstrates > > the Maharishi Effect, though. It's just that I've seen > > zillions of misconceptions about how it was done, > > Which is interesting, since no one is even clear on the details. Was > ARMIA or regreesion used. If ARIMA was used (which I think it was) did > they have 6 seasons of data -- a minimum for ARIMA models. What were > the independent variables tested? (both accepted in the model and > those rejected). What was the actual time frame of the analysis (not > the intervention -- we know it was 8 weeks). Mark indicated 5 year > data was used. Some appear to suggest it was the intervention period + > short term control buffers on the front and back end. How was the the > heat index constructed? etc. > > > accompanied by completely invalid criticisms. If > > somebody's going to criticize the study, they should do > > so on the basis of how it was actually conducted, not > > some uninformed straw-man version. > > Sorry, what I am proposing is not uniformed. Nor is it a strawman. > > > Otherwise, just accept it for what it was: during an > > eight-week period in D.C. in June and July 1993 when a > > large World Peace Assembly was being held, there was a > > sharp drop in the crime rate. Maybe it was the Maharishi > > Effect, maybe it wasn't. > > I think thats what i was saying. The analysis showed an effct. An > interesting exploratory study. There are a lot of methodological > questions, not answered -- probably because no one has a copy of the > study. The results are inconclusive, as you say "maybe it was the > Maharishi Effect, maybe it wasn't." > > I am not clear why you view a statement of an outline of what a > credible research design would look like is inappropriate or creates a > strawman. > ********
They spent a LONG TIME massaging the data after the study. They had predicted 25% reduction in crime. Their first published result was 16 or 17%, which was EXACTLY WHAT I HAD PREDICTED, IN PRINT, PRIOR TO THE COURSE. Then they when back to the massage table, and eventually they claimed 25%. I knew one of the guys who was doing the massaging, a graduate student named Mark_____ (last name forgotten, for the moment.) L B S ------------------------ 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/
