tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266300416434206693.post4001760213805919466..comments2023-08-11T12:04:42.077+02:00Comments on The Church of Rationality: Previous Views about Human Psychology All Wrong, Groundbreaking New Blogspost FindsLemmusLemmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00917054221547240969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266300416434206693.post-40318202370803102722009-06-04T14:41:38.969+02:002009-06-04T14:41:38.969+02:00Systematic review plus meta-analysis is probably t...Systematic review plus meta-analysis is probably the strongest design for assessing the state of the literature - well, I guess ideally something like an unbiased sampling such as FDA data.<br /><br />The alternative is to rely on subjective impression or the impact made by the largest/most positive studies.pjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832177812057826894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266300416434206693.post-52393485258370762522009-06-01T16:10:24.685+02:002009-06-01T16:10:24.685+02:00Well, all other things equal I'd rather look at th...Well, all other things equal I'd rather look at the results from a lot of cases than those from a few. Of course, a good meta-analysis takes the differences between the quality of the input into account. See <A HREF="http://churchofrationality.blogspot.com/2008/08/two-problems-with-using-meta-analysis.html" REL="nofollow">earlier post and comments</A>.LemmusLemmushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00917054221547240969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266300416434206693.post-49370444600343804312009-06-01T15:28:01.638+02:002009-06-01T15:28:01.638+02:00Meta-analysis is the 'strongest' design for resear...Meta-analysis is the 'strongest' design for research in much the same way that toilet paper is the 'strongest' material for building skyscrapers...Andrew Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07412263807838661843noreply@blogger.com