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Help needed: Please take this quick survey: | by subbywan | 2004-04-05 14:33:42 |
| Re: Help needed: Please take this quick survey |
by pas51 |
2004-04-05 15:03:20 |
CAVEAT: Your answers will depend strongly on whether
the respondent specialises in 'hard science' (physics &
chemistry) or 'soft science' (biology, ecology & so forth).
> 1.How do scientists get their information?
From peer-reviewed journals or else from experiment.
> 2.How do scientists reach a conclusion?
Are the experimental results in agreement with my hypotheses,
and if not, why not? It may be that my experimental design is
so fscked up that I can't sensibly draw *any* conclusions.
> 3.If you were doing science, what would your workspace look
> like? Explain.
Depends what sort of science you're doing, but there's probably
at least one computer somewhere, and all available surfaces are
covered with print-outs or photocopies of journal articles.
> 4.How many times a day do you feel you run into scientific
> work?
At least once.
> 5.How much do you trust what scientists say?
More than politicians, that's fer darn sure.
It depends on the scientist in question; I tend
not to put too much faith in the pronouncements
of soft scientists (and even less in the
pronouncements of social scientists), but then
I'm not a soft scientist (or a social scientist).
> 6.Who does science?
Scientists :p
Actually, no-one really 'does science', but those engaged in
'scientific research' are typically either in university
departments (which may call themselves engineering departments)
or else in R&D departments of major companies.
> 7.What do you think are the differences between science
> and technology? Why?
Technology is the set of tools, methods and so forth which
one applies first to undertake scientific research and then
to exploit the results for the betterment of mankind^W^W^W^Wfinancial gain.
> 8. What do you use to determine the trustworthiness of a new
> scientific study?
Is it published in a reputable peer-reviewed journal, and are the
experimental results (if any) repeatable? |
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