The NPR radio program On the Media had an interesting story last week. It was about neuropsychologist Vaughan Bell’s article in Slate.com concerning alleged negative effects of technology on our brains and behavior. Bell says that these popular media reports are based mostly on hearsay rather than on evidence from actual research. He thinks that [...]
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Posted in Research, Measurement, Advocacy, Library assessment, tagged generalizability of findings, sampling, anecdotal data, convenience sample, statistical charts on February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have implied this in other entries in this blog, but I might as well say it outright: The library and information science profession needs to come to terms with the issue of standards for (i.e., rules of) evidence for performance, statistical, and advocacy research data. There, now I’ve said it. I recently read the [...]
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