Hi Bill: I teach research methods and spend quite some time repeatedly over the semester talking about research versus experiment and why in science it is so important to use the denotative meaning of words, and not connotative. thus, what NASA is doing flies in the face of that, and is a disservice IMHO.
Annette Quoting Bill Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I just today asked a student to change the word "experiment" in her paper to > the word "study" because she simply asked different groups to respond to > questionnaires. Around here, I reserve the label "experiment" to mean a > study that randomly assigns participants to conditions. However I wonder if > I am not with it in the way we scientists think these days. I was looking at > NASA research and found that they seem to call any scientific activity an > experiment. > > Here's an example: > http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/cf/exper.cfm?exp_index=848 > > I have a problem with students who show me published studies that are very > poorly designed but they want to believe them because the studies are in > print. When NASA calls non-experiments "experiments" I find myself losing > credibility. Am I behind the times? > > Bill Scott > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
