Hoi Cormac,
I totally agree. Please read what I reply to; my answer indicates that we
are to blame ourselves when we "call it a bunch of lies" when we do not
discuss methodology when we have a chance. I hope that you will find that I
have questioned why the interviews are to be limited to US American
residents only. I also hope you will find that I have indicated why cost is
not the factor that was suggested.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 3/22/07, Cormac Lawler <cormaggio(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 3/22/07, GerardM <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi,
When this study hits the Washington Post and we look at it and consider
it a
bunch of lies, we are to blame when we did not
speak up when we had the
chance to do so.
When you consider peer review, it is always done after the fact. It is
much
better to have input before a study is started.
Those issues that are
obvious can be addressed before time and money is wasted. It also leads
to
better science.
If there is one study I would like to see done, is a wikipedia with a
large
ex-pat community and see how that affects the
NPOV of the project.
Thanks,
Gerard
Calling a study "a bunch of lies" before it's even been carried out is
very bad faith. It's absolutely fine to question methodology - but we
need to be friendly as well as critical - and I hope Benjamin has been
inspired rather than turned off by the many comments and questions on
these lists. I've been meaning to comment myself, but Phoebe's just
said pretty much everything I was going to say. :-)
Cheers,
Cormac
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