It seems to me that the most publicized scientific studies are worst in terms of good scientific procedures. I guess there's an obvious connection you can make there with the idea that pseudo-science is often going to be more interesting but what about all the people that actually believe some of this garbage without first questioning the method in which research was done, among other things? It seems I find at least 2 to 3 factors that aren't taken in the equation with a large majority of the recent studies and findings in the modern "scientist's" research methods. The general public also seems to place your average scientist's opinion like on par with a Catholic's opinion with the pope. I have always excelled in any science I've taken, so I guess it's easier for to look at them as peers...but I really think that's how we should all approach it; look at the approach, not the title of the person conducting it. Please tell me there's someone out there who can relate.
Are you also disappointed in many of "scientific studies" oft cited in the media?
1. If you see a scientific study showing that a blood pressure drug also causes weight loss, attracts the opposite sex, and cures cancer, see if the study was paid for by the manufacturer of the drug.
2. Performing a valid scientific study costs a lot more than just saying that you did.
3. If a scientific study reports that 97% of Americans want the US to get out of Iraq, see who paid for the study, who conducted it, how many people they asked, how they asked, and what question they asked.
4. Mark Twain said, "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics."
5. Abraham Lincoln said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Are you trying to prove him wrong? Are you saying you can, with a scientific study?
Reply:Good go for it . It is hard to find the truth ,and except nothing less.
I did work for NASA and worked my way up to a network trouble shooter on Transmitters ,antennas ,and tracking systems .I have been very disappointed in the younger Eng.
Keep fighting for the truth.
Reply:For the most part, neither the "science reporters" nor the public they are reporting for know enough about science or critical thinking to evaluate the information being reported. There is this tendency to relate to science as revealed truth, rather than what it really is - an often ambiguous struggle to tease new knowledge out of a confusing array of data. Often, what is presented in a scientific journal as a tentative conclusion with lots of questions and caveats gets reported as some startling new discovery that turns established science on its head. You never see any mention of the follow-up studies that reveal where the initial research or analysis went wrong.
This is further distorted by the number of studies that are funded by corporations with expectations of particular results. Some news organizations now report who funded a study. This is particularly rampant in health and nutrition, where manufacturers want "scientific facts" they can use to promote their products. If you're old enough, you might remember scientific studies touting the health benefits of margarine. The oilseed industry supported the research, and gave generously to the American Heart Association, while suppressing research into the harmful effects of trans fats.
I think the key problem is a lack of critical thinking. People either accept as gospel anything presented as science, or swing to the opposite pole and justify their belief in absurd conspiracy theories and New Age nonsense with "science doesn't know everything".
Reply:Did you know that more than 210 planets have been detected orbiting nearby stars? The popular media will not report this fact because after the first few are reported, and maybe a report of a direct observation they decide the general public is no longer interested and go back to yammering about Britney Spears.
Some astronomers have been studying gamma ray bursts, these are actually quite common and are associated with very energetic events in remote and very old galaxies, but again after a few have been reported, it's back to Britney and Ms Hilton again, people who will be mostly forgotten except by their real friends and family in 15 years time.
As far as the medical research reported goes, the media will report stuff if it looks as if it might be of some concern to many people. It does not matter whether the science is weak or strong, if it's possibly controversial it will get reported. Therefore the kerfuffle about mobile phone radiation several years ago, the correlation between phone radiation and cancer or whatever is very slight to non-existent, but many people have mobile phones.
Meanwhile a good improvement in some forms of immunisation gets no publicity, it's a sure thing, the main scientist happens to be a pleasant looking young mother too, which does no harm to newspaper sales. Everyone "knows" that immunisation works anyhow. So the media decides the public may not be all that interested in "minor" improvements to something that is known.
If you want to know what science is actually doing, subscribe to Nature, Trends in Biotechnology, Tetrahedron, Transactions of the Royal Society, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA, Science, or any of hundreds of other peer reviewed journals, or just to to Scientific American in the USA, Cosmos in Australia or New Scientist in the United Kingdom for general roundups.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Are you also disappointed in many of "scientific studies" oft cited in the media?
It seems to me that the most publicized scientific studies are worst in terms of good scientific procedures. I guess there's an obvious connection you can make there with the idea that pseudo-science is often going to be more interesting but what about all the people that actually believe some of this garbage without first questioning the method in which research was done, among other things? It seems I find at least 2 to 3 factors that aren't taken in the equation with a large majority of the recent studies and findings in the modern "scientist's" research methods. The general public also seems to place your average scientist's opinion like on par with a Catholic's opinion with the pope. I have always excelled in any science I've taken, so I guess it's easier for to look at them as peers...but I really think that's how we should all approach it; look at the approach, not the title of the person conducting it. Please tell me there's someone out there who can relate.
Are you also disappointed in many of "scientific studies" oft cited in the media?
1. If you see a scientific study showing that a blood pressure drug also causes weight loss, attracts the opposite sex, and cures cancer, see if the study was paid for by the manufacturer of the drug.
2. Performing a valid scientific study costs a lot more than just saying that you did.
3. If a scientific study reports that 97% of Americans want the US to get out of Iraq, see who paid for the study, who conducted it, how many people they asked, how they asked, and what question they asked.
4. Mark Twain said, "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics."
5. Abraham Lincoln said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Are you trying to prove him wrong? Are you saying you can, with a scientific study?
Reply:Good go for it . It is hard to find the truth ,and except nothing less.
I did work for NASA and worked my way up to a network trouble shooter on Transmitters ,antennas ,and tracking systems .I have been very disappointed in the younger Eng.
Keep fighting for the truth.
Reply:For the most part, neither the "science reporters" nor the public they are reporting for know enough about science or critical thinking to evaluate the information being reported. There is this tendency to relate to science as revealed truth, rather than what it really is - an often ambiguous struggle to tease new knowledge out of a confusing array of data. Often, what is presented in a scientific journal as a tentative conclusion with lots of questions and caveats gets reported as some startling new discovery that turns established science on its head. You never see any mention of the follow-up studies that reveal where the initial research or analysis went wrong.
This is further distorted by the number of studies that are funded by corporations with expectations of particular results. Some news organizations now report who funded a study. This is particularly rampant in health and nutrition, where manufacturers want "scientific facts" they can use to promote their products. If you're old enough, you might remember scientific studies touting the health benefits of margarine. The oilseed industry supported the research, and gave generously to the American Heart Association, while suppressing research into the harmful effects of trans fats.
I think the key problem is a lack of critical thinking. People either accept as gospel anything presented as science, or swing to the opposite pole and justify their belief in absurd conspiracy theories and New Age nonsense with "science doesn't know everything".
Reply:Did you know that more than 210 planets have been detected orbiting nearby stars? The popular media will not report this fact because after the first few are reported, and maybe a report of a direct observation they decide the general public is no longer interested and go back to yammering about Britney Spears.
Some astronomers have been studying gamma ray bursts, these are actually quite common and are associated with very energetic events in remote and very old galaxies, but again after a few have been reported, it's back to Britney and Ms Hilton again, people who will be mostly forgotten except by their real friends and family in 15 years time.
As far as the medical research reported goes, the media will report stuff if it looks as if it might be of some concern to many people. It does not matter whether the science is weak or strong, if it's possibly controversial it will get reported. Therefore the kerfuffle about mobile phone radiation several years ago, the correlation between phone radiation and cancer or whatever is very slight to non-existent, but many people have mobile phones.
Meanwhile a good improvement in some forms of immunisation gets no publicity, it's a sure thing, the main scientist happens to be a pleasant looking young mother too, which does no harm to newspaper sales. Everyone "knows" that immunisation works anyhow. So the media decides the public may not be all that interested in "minor" improvements to something that is known.
If you want to know what science is actually doing, subscribe to Nature, Trends in Biotechnology, Tetrahedron, Transactions of the Royal Society, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA, Science, or any of hundreds of other peer reviewed journals, or just to to Scientific American in the USA, Cosmos in Australia or New Scientist in the United Kingdom for general roundups.
Are you also disappointed in many of "scientific studies" oft cited in the media?
1. If you see a scientific study showing that a blood pressure drug also causes weight loss, attracts the opposite sex, and cures cancer, see if the study was paid for by the manufacturer of the drug.
2. Performing a valid scientific study costs a lot more than just saying that you did.
3. If a scientific study reports that 97% of Americans want the US to get out of Iraq, see who paid for the study, who conducted it, how many people they asked, how they asked, and what question they asked.
4. Mark Twain said, "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics."
5. Abraham Lincoln said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Are you trying to prove him wrong? Are you saying you can, with a scientific study?
Reply:Good go for it . It is hard to find the truth ,and except nothing less.
I did work for NASA and worked my way up to a network trouble shooter on Transmitters ,antennas ,and tracking systems .I have been very disappointed in the younger Eng.
Keep fighting for the truth.
Reply:For the most part, neither the "science reporters" nor the public they are reporting for know enough about science or critical thinking to evaluate the information being reported. There is this tendency to relate to science as revealed truth, rather than what it really is - an often ambiguous struggle to tease new knowledge out of a confusing array of data. Often, what is presented in a scientific journal as a tentative conclusion with lots of questions and caveats gets reported as some startling new discovery that turns established science on its head. You never see any mention of the follow-up studies that reveal where the initial research or analysis went wrong.
This is further distorted by the number of studies that are funded by corporations with expectations of particular results. Some news organizations now report who funded a study. This is particularly rampant in health and nutrition, where manufacturers want "scientific facts" they can use to promote their products. If you're old enough, you might remember scientific studies touting the health benefits of margarine. The oilseed industry supported the research, and gave generously to the American Heart Association, while suppressing research into the harmful effects of trans fats.
I think the key problem is a lack of critical thinking. People either accept as gospel anything presented as science, or swing to the opposite pole and justify their belief in absurd conspiracy theories and New Age nonsense with "science doesn't know everything".
Reply:Did you know that more than 210 planets have been detected orbiting nearby stars? The popular media will not report this fact because after the first few are reported, and maybe a report of a direct observation they decide the general public is no longer interested and go back to yammering about Britney Spears.
Some astronomers have been studying gamma ray bursts, these are actually quite common and are associated with very energetic events in remote and very old galaxies, but again after a few have been reported, it's back to Britney and Ms Hilton again, people who will be mostly forgotten except by their real friends and family in 15 years time.
As far as the medical research reported goes, the media will report stuff if it looks as if it might be of some concern to many people. It does not matter whether the science is weak or strong, if it's possibly controversial it will get reported. Therefore the kerfuffle about mobile phone radiation several years ago, the correlation between phone radiation and cancer or whatever is very slight to non-existent, but many people have mobile phones.
Meanwhile a good improvement in some forms of immunisation gets no publicity, it's a sure thing, the main scientist happens to be a pleasant looking young mother too, which does no harm to newspaper sales. Everyone "knows" that immunisation works anyhow. So the media decides the public may not be all that interested in "minor" improvements to something that is known.
If you want to know what science is actually doing, subscribe to Nature, Trends in Biotechnology, Tetrahedron, Transactions of the Royal Society, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA, Science, or any of hundreds of other peer reviewed journals, or just to to Scientific American in the USA, Cosmos in Australia or New Scientist in the United Kingdom for general roundups.
An educational research question? please! i've got one week to submit it!?
my study is about the relationship between parents' involvement and their children's reading achievement.
i badly need generous people to tell me what instruments i may use and what data analysis methods is suitable for that research?
please!!! i have to submit my proposal as soon as possible. many thanks.
An educational research question? please! i've got one week to submit it!?
You'll probably just be polling parents about how much they read to their kids or with their kids at home.
And then comparing that to the grades their kids get on reading at school. or the grades their kids get on standardized tests in reading.
Look up some other education studies and see how they did it.
i badly need generous people to tell me what instruments i may use and what data analysis methods is suitable for that research?
please!!! i have to submit my proposal as soon as possible. many thanks.
An educational research question? please! i've got one week to submit it!?
You'll probably just be polling parents about how much they read to their kids or with their kids at home.
And then comparing that to the grades their kids get on reading at school. or the grades their kids get on standardized tests in reading.
Look up some other education studies and see how they did it.
Can you help with photo editing?
I would like to know how to turn a pic black and white, and leave some parts in color.I have been researching different methods for this online, in tutorials, and on answers, believe me I have tried to figure this out on my own. But I can't even figure out how to open a new layer with the picture in it or put the pic in a new layer once it's opened. Exact instructions for these specific programs will earn best answer, if you include every step. I have 2 different programs that use layers. Paint shop pro studio, andSerif photoplus 6.0. I have been trying to figure out for two weeks how to apply this effect, apparantly I'm not smart enough. What RGB do you use to paint with to get realistic fleshtones? Or, if you place a black and white layer over a color version of the same pic, and then erase over the places you want to keep color, exactly what are the steps to do that? I don't have a steady enough hand to use the selection tool to cut and paste, it turns out horrible every time
Can you help with photo editing?
Photo manipulation is what I think you want to do.
I can tell you about creating good black and white images from image files.
If you do not have Photoshop, most other photo programs can do this, although may not use the same features found on Photoshop.
* First open the image you want to modify
* Save it as a different file name (this protects the original image file).
* Image %26gt; Adjustments %26gt; Hue/Saturation.
* Choose Saturation and move the slider all the way to the left (-100)
* Save
* Image %26gt; Adjustments %26gt; Levels
* Adjust the black level until it touches the histogram black threshold.
* Adjust the while level arrow until it touches the histograms white threshold.
* Adjust the mid-tone arrow until you have the image balance you prefer.
* Save.
What you will be doing is NOT editing. Editing is nothing more than sorting ... good from bad and then putting the good into various file folders with the name of the subjects represented by your work.
Reply:Here is the easiest way to do it without having to understand layers. Make the image black and white by desaturating the colours. Then, using the history brush, paint over the area you want to remain the original colour. Done.
Or another method:
Make a duplicate of the first layer and turn that layer to black and white. Then using the eraser tool, erase the areas you want colour revealing the colour layer underneath.
Converting to black and white the proper way is a whole different kettle of fish but just desaturating the colour would be ok.
Reply:Ace, save that answer to your word processor and you can answer this question 5 times a day for an easy ten points. Ka-CHING!
home teeth cleaning
Can you help with photo editing?
Photo manipulation is what I think you want to do.
I can tell you about creating good black and white images from image files.
If you do not have Photoshop, most other photo programs can do this, although may not use the same features found on Photoshop.
* First open the image you want to modify
* Save it as a different file name (this protects the original image file).
* Image %26gt; Adjustments %26gt; Hue/Saturation.
* Choose Saturation and move the slider all the way to the left (-100)
* Save
* Image %26gt; Adjustments %26gt; Levels
* Adjust the black level until it touches the histogram black threshold.
* Adjust the while level arrow until it touches the histograms white threshold.
* Adjust the mid-tone arrow until you have the image balance you prefer.
* Save.
What you will be doing is NOT editing. Editing is nothing more than sorting ... good from bad and then putting the good into various file folders with the name of the subjects represented by your work.
Reply:Here is the easiest way to do it without having to understand layers. Make the image black and white by desaturating the colours. Then, using the history brush, paint over the area you want to remain the original colour. Done.
Or another method:
Make a duplicate of the first layer and turn that layer to black and white. Then using the eraser tool, erase the areas you want colour revealing the colour layer underneath.
Converting to black and white the proper way is a whole different kettle of fish but just desaturating the colour would be ok.
Reply:Ace, save that answer to your word processor and you can answer this question 5 times a day for an easy ten points. Ka-CHING!
home teeth cleaning
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
How do I get involved to US government procurement business?
Dear whom it may concern,
Please allow me to explain this very shortly and simply.
I just got a new project from my company and my team needs to find out some potential US Government (Federal, States, etc) related business.
%26lt;my company is a Int'l trading company, and we are looking for some possible items that we can provide to US govn't%26gt;
Even though I am doing my best researching proper/possible method to approach, I need some help.
Please help me finding out the way to do so, or suggest me for more info.
Thank you very much for your concern,
Hope you have a wonderful day.
sincerely,
How do I get involved to US government procurement business?
procurement is perhaps not the right word here
Please allow me to explain this very shortly and simply.
I just got a new project from my company and my team needs to find out some potential US Government (Federal, States, etc) related business.
%26lt;my company is a Int'l trading company, and we are looking for some possible items that we can provide to US govn't%26gt;
Even though I am doing my best researching proper/possible method to approach, I need some help.
Please help me finding out the way to do so, or suggest me for more info.
Thank you very much for your concern,
Hope you have a wonderful day.
sincerely,
How do I get involved to US government procurement business?
procurement is perhaps not the right word here
The easiest way to put a DVD on my iPhone?
Hello, I have been researching the best method to copy some of my DVDs onto my new iPhone. There are so many programs out there and so many articles, does anyone know of a free way to do this that preferably offers step by step instructions?
The easiest way to put a DVD on my iPhone?
I think you can use "E.M. Free DVD Copy". it is an easy, effective and handy DVD movie backup software.
"E.M. Free DVD Copy" main features:
(1). Absolutely free.
(2). Rip DVD to any format video, It can rip DVD movie to most popular video and formats. e.g. MPEG4,
AVI, DivX, XviD, RM, FLV, SWF, MOV, 3GP, WMV, MP3, AAC, AC3, M4A, WAV, WMA etc.
(3).The powerful compatibility for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV etc.
(4). You can aslo copy or shrink your favorite titles, pgc, chapters, subtitles and audios to hard disk
or blank DVD disc.
(5).The size of the compressed DVD movie can be decreased to 20% of the original DVD movie.
You can get "E.M. Free DVD Copy" from here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en%26amp;q=%22...
Reply:You should make sure the video is MP4 or H2.64 video for iPhone. You can try DVD to iPhone Converter Suite to rip DVD movie and convert videos in any format to iPhone. It is the fastest converter I have used. Also, the output quality is great.
Free download here:
http://www.dvdtoiphonevideo.net/
Step by step guide here:
http://www.dvdtoiphonevideo.net/dvdtoiph...
Other useful information you can get on Apple official site:
http://www.apple.com
Reply:DVD to iPhone Converter Suite I’d like to introduce Cucusoft DVD to iPhone Converter to you, rip DVD movie and convert videos in any format to iPhone. It is the fastest converter I have used. Also, the output quality is great.
Free download here:
http://www.topsreviews.com/iphone-conver...
Or, various of DVD to iPhone Converter you can get from:
http://www.topsreviews.com/reviews/iphon...
Some useful information you can get on the official site:
http://www.apple.com
Reply:It's an easy job to put dvd video to iphone.
There is a simply guide about how to convert dvd to iphone can help you:
1. Converter DVD with DVD to iphone Converter;
2. Select the iPhone Video MPEG-4(*.mp4) format, or H.264, if you have iPhone 3G, you can selcet Mov format;
3. Right output and convert to iPhone format you want.
4. Drag the converted file to iphone via itunes.
You can convert the dvd and setting for your iphone, you can turn to Daniusoft DVD to iPhone Converter at http://www.daniusoft.com/dvd-to-iphone.h... it's versatile DVD iPhone Converter, also convert DVD to iPhone 3G.
or search http://answers.yahoo.com for more
Hope can help you :)
Reply:Hi,
You didn't specify if you were using a Mac or a PC. For a Mac there is a great program called iSquint that is a free download.
Reply:cut it open and shove it in
The easiest way to put a DVD on my iPhone?
I think you can use "E.M. Free DVD Copy". it is an easy, effective and handy DVD movie backup software.
"E.M. Free DVD Copy" main features:
(1). Absolutely free.
(2). Rip DVD to any format video, It can rip DVD movie to most popular video and formats. e.g. MPEG4,
AVI, DivX, XviD, RM, FLV, SWF, MOV, 3GP, WMV, MP3, AAC, AC3, M4A, WAV, WMA etc.
(3).The powerful compatibility for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV etc.
(4). You can aslo copy or shrink your favorite titles, pgc, chapters, subtitles and audios to hard disk
or blank DVD disc.
(5).The size of the compressed DVD movie can be decreased to 20% of the original DVD movie.
You can get "E.M. Free DVD Copy" from here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en%26amp;q=%22...
Reply:You should make sure the video is MP4 or H2.64 video for iPhone. You can try DVD to iPhone Converter Suite to rip DVD movie and convert videos in any format to iPhone. It is the fastest converter I have used. Also, the output quality is great.
Free download here:
http://www.dvdtoiphonevideo.net/
Step by step guide here:
http://www.dvdtoiphonevideo.net/dvdtoiph...
Other useful information you can get on Apple official site:
http://www.apple.com
Reply:DVD to iPhone Converter Suite I’d like to introduce Cucusoft DVD to iPhone Converter to you, rip DVD movie and convert videos in any format to iPhone. It is the fastest converter I have used. Also, the output quality is great.
Free download here:
http://www.topsreviews.com/iphone-conver...
Or, various of DVD to iPhone Converter you can get from:
http://www.topsreviews.com/reviews/iphon...
Some useful information you can get on the official site:
http://www.apple.com
Reply:It's an easy job to put dvd video to iphone.
There is a simply guide about how to convert dvd to iphone can help you:
1. Converter DVD with DVD to iphone Converter;
2. Select the iPhone Video MPEG-4(*.mp4) format, or H.264, if you have iPhone 3G, you can selcet Mov format;
3. Right output and convert to iPhone format you want.
4. Drag the converted file to iphone via itunes.
You can convert the dvd and setting for your iphone, you can turn to Daniusoft DVD to iPhone Converter at http://www.daniusoft.com/dvd-to-iphone.h... it's versatile DVD iPhone Converter, also convert DVD to iPhone 3G.
or search http://answers.yahoo.com for more
Hope can help you :)
Reply:Hi,
You didn't specify if you were using a Mac or a PC. For a Mac there is a great program called iSquint that is a free download.
Reply:cut it open and shove it in
What type of student progress reporting method does your COUNTRY use for school-age children?
What type of student progress reporting method does your COUNTRY use for school-age children?
I'm refering to the method that comes home to parents -- "grade cards", "progress reports", "report cards", etc.
Mostly, I'm doing research on types of "grading" methods used in other countries. Please tell me where you are, the age groups/grade levels and the type of "reporting" system used.
(Westerville, Ohio -- our parochial school uses plus/check/I and NI on student progress reports for grades K through 8, which would be ages 5 to 14).
What type of student progress reporting method does your COUNTRY use for school-age children?
they send home report cards... in lower rgades they are actual cards... and in older grades they are printed copy paper... they send home 9 weeks grades 4 times a year... and every two nine weeks they send home SEMESTER grades..... (an average of the two 9 week grades, twice a year)
then they also send out MIDTERM grades in the middle of every nine week period to let parents know how things are going... then twice a year.... you have to meet physically with the parent... federally mandated law
Reply:well in Kentucky we use S for Satisfactory and U for Unsatisfactory progress as well as plus and minus for the lower grades, I think they do that in K-1 then they start using the letter grades A,B,C,D or F. My son's in 6th grade. We get report cards every 9 weeks.
I'm refering to the method that comes home to parents -- "grade cards", "progress reports", "report cards", etc.
Mostly, I'm doing research on types of "grading" methods used in other countries. Please tell me where you are, the age groups/grade levels and the type of "reporting" system used.
(Westerville, Ohio -- our parochial school uses plus/check/I and NI on student progress reports for grades K through 8, which would be ages 5 to 14).
What type of student progress reporting method does your COUNTRY use for school-age children?
they send home report cards... in lower rgades they are actual cards... and in older grades they are printed copy paper... they send home 9 weeks grades 4 times a year... and every two nine weeks they send home SEMESTER grades..... (an average of the two 9 week grades, twice a year)
then they also send out MIDTERM grades in the middle of every nine week period to let parents know how things are going... then twice a year.... you have to meet physically with the parent... federally mandated law
Reply:well in Kentucky we use S for Satisfactory and U for Unsatisfactory progress as well as plus and minus for the lower grades, I think they do that in K-1 then they start using the letter grades A,B,C,D or F. My son's in 6th grade. We get report cards every 9 weeks.
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