tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post115483155593548866..comments2023-11-02T19:46:44.577+11:00Comments on Fumbling Towards Geekdom: StyleyGeek goes to party: gets coldStyleyGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-1154849602088645022006-08-06T17:33:00.000+10:002006-08-06T17:33:00.000+10:00I demand a second, more anonymous reviewer.This on...I demand a second, more anonymous reviewer.<BR/><BR/>This one was clearly biased by her (a) own academic background (control groups? Bah! Who needs rigour?) (b) American heritage (<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazier" REL="nofollow">brazier</A>) and (c) obvious desire (with less obvious motivation) to turn the author into a fat alcoholic (ref. final comment).StyleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-1154841310056960792006-08-06T15:15:00.000+10:002006-08-06T15:15:00.000+10:00In re: to cold party, we have the following commen...In re: to cold party, we have the following comments.<BR/><BR/>First, a brazier is not an english word. Look it up. It doesn't exist except insofar as it relates to last names. <BR/><BR/>Second, this study is severely flawed by a lack of a comparison or control group. Further we wonder if people were randomly assigned to the party or not. And if so, how was it determined who would eat pizza and punch? Did all partiers do both? This is a huge glaring flaw and will severely limit your ability to publish this. <BR/><BR/>Third, the author claims she "enjoyed" the pizza and the punch, but this has not been operationalized. Exactly what measure was used to determine this variable of "enjoyment"?<BR/><BR/>Finally, it is unclear the N of the parties. How many parties were sampled? Clearly if the author wishes to publish this, she must sample more parties, more pizza, and more punch before any conclusions will be taken as evidentiary.shrinkykittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621222815636493783noreply@blogger.com