@PhilosophyExp You're right of course; internal validity & sound methodology, 'absent', but doesn't mean there's NOT something in it either.
MIchael Nugent conducts an experiment that's a methodological disaster (but doesn't seem to realize it): http://bit.ly/13gotEw
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@aSmartRS Oh, I'm not claiming that the conclusion is false - just that his "research" could never demonstrate it (in its current form). -
@PhilosophyExp able to achieve this end quicker. There has to be a way of harnessing FB and Twitter for research...captive populations. -
@aSmartRS There will always be problems if you want to measure the effect of an independent variable (photo), because then you need to...
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@PhilosophyExp I find the idea of using FB or Twitter comments as a significant sample misguided. Seems statistically useless to me. -
@sjzara@PhilosophyExp I disagree. The only time that someone finds something statistically useless is when they don't like the findings. -
@katepennyg If that were true the LHC researchers need not have waited years for their data to build up! -
@sjzara True, but nowadays it doesn't take years to accumulate enough data to get the findings. Blessing or curse? -
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@katepennyg It does take years. They have only just started the search for new particles. -
@sjzara But the example used was facebook and twitter. Both are real time, therefore not really appropriate. And here we are on twitter! -
@katepennyg I'm not sure what the point of this discussion is, so I'll politely say goodbye.
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@PhilosophyExp Also surprised to know that pictures are now sexists. How long before they become rapists?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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