tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post3669132490621795433..comments2009-12-19T01:20:43.924ZHarry Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099597763862011749noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-64432041897542638962009-12-19T01:15:35.485Z2009-12-19T01:15:35.485ZTory,<br /><br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question<br /><br />Grrrr. Sorry, I hate the grammar Nazis but this one always bugs me.Old Slaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04807170326475262427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-58610698481491673102009-12-14T13:30:03.520Z2009-12-14T13:30:03.520Z<i>will involve qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis</i><br /><br />mmmmmmmmmmm!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-68945858771088582142009-12-14T12:22:22.208Z2009-12-14T12:22:22.208ZThe post will involve qualitative and quantitative data collection.<br /><br />Data collection? Wow-ee!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-23440869486548029482009-12-14T11:58:07.683Z2009-12-14T11:58:07.683ZNot necessarily a waste of money, if social scientists did research properly you could get interesting data that would inform Government policy.<br /><br />One slight problem is social scientists bring their voguish leftish beliefs to the table and then fit the &quot;evidence&quot; (which is generally little more than survay data) to the hypothesis.<br /><br />Disagree with you TB about these being pointless, for example a properly designed trial of the Government&#39;s reading recovary programme could have saved millions AND been more effective. However, the experimental design was crap..<br /><br />This will be a waste of money but not because the objective is wrong.STnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-49331747514404799962009-12-14T11:40:21.903Z2009-12-14T11:40:21.903ZWat Tyler had this up 4 days after the closing date &amp; I live very near Leeds!!!! The perfect job - long hours, err unsocial conditions etc. Bonus payments could create some accounting difficulties but the Jack Straw defence could be appropriate.Dick the Pricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-65255389192347811402009-12-14T09:28:17.600Z2009-12-14T09:28:17.600ZScared they might catch all those Tories then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com