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- From: arodgers@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Angus H Rodgers)
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- Subject: Re: Here a study, there a study....
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.171619.21838@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 17:16:19 GMT
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- In <1992Dec22.112738.119689@marshall.wvnet.edu>
- swk004@marshall.wvnet.edu writes:
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- >Hey! I am not entirely against studies. But tell me, which study do
- >I adopt.
-
- The $64,000 question.
-
- Scientists and statisticians don't seem to do enough work on
- the problem of presenting conclusions from empirical studies
- in a manner which allows them to be balanced against other
- arguments, by lay people.
-
- This is particularly a problem in court cases involving "expert
- witnesses".
-
- But it's also a very general problem of the fragmentation of knowledge
- in technologically advanced societies. I have very little idea even of
- what kind of thing could be a solution to the problem. Scientific
- knowledge just doesn't get disseminated properly.
-
- Sorry to be of no help whatsoever! :-)
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