Re: Question: Philosophy of Science - is it Relevant?

"Wirt Atmar" <atmar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>
> Robert MacArthur wrote in the preface to his 1972
> "Geographical Ecology" that the only rules to the scientific method are
> honest observation and accurate logic.
>
OK, my research project is this: I'm interested in horses, so I'm going to
measure the depth of their hooves (as a ratio of total size) and see if
there is any correlation with coat colour.
We'll have proper randomisation techniquses for selecting our sample of
horses, which will increase costs considerably, because we'll have to get
permission from large numbers of owners to measure their animals. We will of
course apply all the proper statistical tests.

Would you fund this study? If not, why not?



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