Posted by Dr. Bob on April 11, 2005, at 13:45:44
In reply to Re: empirical evidence, posted by used2b on April 11, 2005, at 12:03:05
> > > I see no empirical evidence of any benefit I might realize by participating here.
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> > I'm suggesting that it's one way to track how you do over time and that it may give you a helpful perspective on how things are going and a better idea of what helps and what doesn't.
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> BBmeter can only record self-reported changes in an individual... It cannot determine if those changes are a result of participating in PB, nor whether the changes are durable.
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> Evidence that one individual alone reported beneficial changes that correlate to participation in PB would not be reliable evidence. We would need to review a data set for a statistically significant sample of participants, selected randomly from the group.Sorry, I thought your question was about what benefit one individual might realize...
I agree, a better idea of what helps and what doesn't is far from conclusive proof of cause and effect. Repeating the process over time could, however, indicate whether changes were durable.
Bob
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