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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 04/02/07 14:22
University Student wrote:
> On Apr 2, 3:48 am, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> I would think if this were a research paper you would want a more
>> scientifically selected group of respondents. Anything you get by
>> posting like this in usenet groups is not going to be scientifically
>> accurate, nor is it going to be repeatable. And thereby it will be useless.
>>
>> And if I were your professor and found you acquired your statistics this
>> way I wouldn't even bother to read any further in your paper, because
>> any results gathered this way are meaningless and therefore not worth my
>> time.
>
> Thanks for the advice. I understand what you are saying, but this
> isn't a paper that is intended to be scientifically accurate with no
> flaws etc. The results, obviously, aren't going to be submitted to a
> journal or publication; it is a smallish module paper that is aimed
> really at getting us to look at some aspect of web technology.
>
> My professor already knows how I aim to go about getting the results,
> which to me clearly indicates he knows and doesn't intend this to be
> some kind of repeatable, scientific experiment to gather indisputable
> results to show to the world!
>
> I will certainly take on board what you've said though, and what the
> other poster pointed out about comparing language and framework. I
> have tried to stay away from calling them both languages (obviously
> not successfully), instead comparing them as approaches to a possible
> solution. I'll be sure to mention both these flaws in my report - it
> should give me something else to write about.
>
> Thanks.
>
OK, that makes a lot of difference then. My comment was based on the
fact normally Universities want a somewhat more scientific approach to
such a survey. Even if it's not going to be submitted to a journal for
publication, the learning experience of validating the group to be
polled is important.
However, since this does not seem to be the case, I'll be glad to add my
input to your survey.
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