tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post113633638009262767..comments2023-07-03T21:44:22.373+10:00Comments on Hoyden-About-Town: We knew it was bad for you, see!?!tigtoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1136624887510049912006-01-07T20:08:00.000+11:002006-01-07T20:08:00.000+11:00"He has a history of producing provocative researc...<B><I>"He has a history of producing provocative research findings, of publishing his work in obscure overseas journals, and of restricting access to his data."</I></B><BR/><BR/>Ooh, I didn't know that about him. Is he the gatekeeper for all the data from the longitudinal study then?tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1136499634309886142006-01-06T09:20:00.000+11:002006-01-06T09:20:00.000+11:00Viv, I think you've made a very good point about F...Viv, I think you've made a very good point about Fergusson enjoying the limelight. Look at the timing of the release of this report - media hungry for news, critical journalists on holiday. He has a history of producing provocative research findings, of publishing his work in obscure overseas journals, and of restricting access to his data.<BR/><BR/>In contrast, Steven Levitt (Freakonomics) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1136448493568455662006-01-05T19:08:00.000+11:002006-01-05T19:08:00.000+11:00Was that this article? He does sound awfully defe...Was that this <A HTTP://WWW.NZHERALD.CO.NZ/SECTION/STORY.CFM?C_ID=5&OBJECTID=10362476 = HREF>article</A>? He does sound awfully defensive about the criticisms of the study.<BR/><BR/><B>Professor Fergusson said the results could not be argued away by assuming the women involved already had mental health problems or "a pre-disposition". <BR/><BR/>"We know what people were like before they became tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1136422367752528522006-01-05T11:52:00.000+11:002006-01-05T11:52:00.000+11:00There's a full page article in today's Herald from...There's a full page article in today's Herald from the researcher where he seems to suggest that this backs a pro-life position on abortion. They also talked up the findings yesterday as being hugely significant, as if this sort of research hasn't been done before.<BR/><BR/>I don't have a lot of sympathy for him.Maiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212711843307060731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1136409558615263132006-01-05T08:19:00.000+11:002006-01-05T08:19:00.000+11:00Yup: mining this trend from a longitudinal study p...Yup: mining this trend from a longitudinal study places severe limitations on the value of the results. It's a trend that cries out for further investigation, that's all.<BR/><BR/>And don't be too hard on the researchers. Poor bunnies - they get up in front of journalists to make a nice rational statement of their findings, then they hve to grit their teeth and answer stupid questions politely, tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1136380992292180592006-01-05T00:23:00.000+11:002006-01-05T00:23:00.000+11:00So mad with the stupid spin on it all, although it...So mad with the stupid spin on it all, although it is partly the fault of the researchers, reading the quotes they gave the local papers.<BR/><BR/>I discovered a friend of mine is part of the longitudinal study they got this information from. To me the longitudinal study is the important bit, this can't answer any questions, because it's not designed to do so (particularly if they didn't compareMaiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212711843307060731noreply@blogger.com