Mike, "intuition," among "objective" research scientist? My god, you telling me that scientists are human? Interesting that you think it is "sad." And, you have a subjective "feeling." You're coming around. :-))
Make it a good day -Louis- Louis Schmier http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org Department of History http://www.therandomthoughts.com Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ (O) 229-333-5947 /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ / \ / \ (C) 229-630-0821 / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ / \ /\ \ //\/\/ /\ \__/__/_/\_\/ \_/__\ \ /\"If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \ don't practice on mole hills" - / \_ On Jul 8, 2011, at 7:09 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > There's an interesting but sad article in the NY Times concerning > failed cancer research coming from Duke researchers use of a > genetic analysis for detecting cancer and for treatment; see: > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/health/research/08genes.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2 > > One of the main points is that the amount of data that is collected > in this approach is huge and the likelihood that there are significant > errors in the data have been dismissed as "clerical errors" that > had no effect on their conclusions. When a couple of statisticians > examined the data from one project, they uncovered a variety of > errors in the data and in the conclusions reached. The researchers > appeared to believe that they had "gotten it right" and proceeded > to build research empires on this quicksand. This belief or > "intuition" was commented on by one of the statisticians: > > |“Our intuition is pretty darn poor,” Dr. Baggerly said. > > I have a feeling we might find something similar in the neuroimagining > area. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13368.9b8fe41d7a9a359029570f1d2ef42440&n=T&l=tips&o=11325 > or send a blank email to > leave-11325-13368.9b8fe41d7a9a359029570f1d2ef42...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=11326 or send a blank email to leave-11326-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
