Arouet
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This is a continuation of the thread I started in the old forum: http://forum.mind-energy.net/skepti...logy-high-quality-vs-low-quality-studies.html
The idea is that it is a thread to discussion research methodology issues in general. Here's my OP from that thread:
I'd like to keep the focus on research methodology in general and not bring in specific debates about whether this or that parapsychological study met a particular criteria or not.
Let's also try and keep the culture war out of this thread if possible.
The idea is that it is a thread to discussion research methodology issues in general. Here's my OP from that thread:
Arouet;167112 said:This is a thread to discuss research methodology in general.
What is meant by a high quality study vs. a low quality study?
What is not meant by a high quality study vs. a low quality study?
Why does it matter?
How do we figure it out?
Are there accepted definitions and standards?
What is meant by methodological bias and imprecision?
What are the different biases and should they be dealt with?
And I'm sure many more.
Though I'm the OP and as some know I've been pushing for this discussion for quite a while, I'm not claiming to be an expert or even all that well-informed on these questions. This thread is as much for my benefit as I hope it will be for the other forum members. I'm learning this stuff as I go.
I'll start off by posting what seems to be a good general overview of these issues:
GrADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations
My hope is that we can come to some better understanding of these issues and perhaps some informal consensus about what is important about these issues and then in a separate thread analyse some parapsychological studies according to this kind of criteria.
I'd like to keep the focus on research methodology in general and not bring in specific debates about whether this or that parapsychological study met a particular criteria or not.
Let's also try and keep the culture war out of this thread if possible.