Re: Is Psychology/psychiatry a Science?

From: John M Price PhD (jmprice_at_calweb.com)
Date: 11/12/04 

Date: 12 Nov 2004 00:35:27 GMT

In sci.skeptic article <FoqdndmNKuGn_A7cRVn-pQ@rcn.net> jmfbahciv@aol.com wrote:
: In article <4193577c$0$19027$d368eab@news.calweb.com>,
: John M Price PhD <jmprice@calweb.com> wrote:

: >Gee, maybe I am having an attack of scientific thinking?

: I don't think so. See below.

: >
: >
: >: What people think about themselves and their sexuality is data. It's
: >: data about what people think about themselves and their sexuality. Why
: >: assume that what people think about themselves isn't important to know?
: >
: >It is data if and only iff it is collected in a systematic fashion
: >designed to eliminater biases of various sorts.

: A key piece of data missing is the control set.

What part o systematic did you not understand?

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