On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Brian Brian.Mingus@colorado.edu wrote:
You don't have to be an expert (more formally defined as someone with ten years of experience in a field) to spot unscientific thinking. I don't think you're an expert either so maybe you should just leave expertise out of it. More to the point, the question in my mind is, how much money did the Foundation waste on this "study" that you can't draw valid, generalizable conclusions from? The distinction between quantitative and qualitative is for naught - you can, and should, quantify what you mean when making qualitative assessments. Especially if you will use them to bolster your arguments about how to spend millions of dollars of donated money.
Honestly, you as much as admit that you have no idea what you're talking about. You could at least be a little more collegial and a little less accusatory if you are looking for good faith responses to your complaints.
Nathan