The level of rigor and scrutiny described in this study is impressive, daunting, and inspiring. When I imagine something that I've written under this level of scrutiny, I shudder. Every time I thought they had taken their analysis of the studies as far as they could, they would back up and come at them a different way. Each decision that they made seems to be arrived at through careful and logical evaluation of the needs of the study. I would have liked for them to say, "and here's how we screwed up..." just to make them appear a little more human.
Of course, I'm also so grateful that they (a) did this analysis, and (b) published their procedures in such incredible detail. I have the feeling I'll be using Risko, et al., as a model for research for years to come.
Interestingly, the researchers note the lack of historical context provided in the studies they reviewed. I am interested in the progression of ideas through time and in contextualizing the work of individual researchers. I would be interested in doing some kind of paper that examined the relationships between different researchers' work, or perhaps tracing the movement of ideas across time.
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This is good for me to read. It's totally out of context, but it's you, which makes it worthwhile. And then there's the idea that I'm feeling a sense of loss again from Tania, so your writing, while extremely technical in some aspects, really just reflects your emotional bond with the work that you're doing. :-)
thanks! :-)
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