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Re: Professor Sir Roy Meadow struck off medical register
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<DIV>I certainly agree with you. There is also evidence that one of the problems that was pervasive in Sir Roy Meadow's career was a fundamental failure to understand the rudiments of the scientific method. Some of this is exemplified by his work on the personality charateristics of supposed MSBP mothers. Among some of the obvious methodological problems were problems in the definition of a positive case, small sample size, failure to use a clinical non-MSBP comparison sample etc. I could go on and on, but it is of concern that the MSBP theoretical edifice is built on a foundation of science that would not pass muster in an undergraduate statistics class. It long past time that MSBP, MBSP, FDBP and PCF be abandoned in favor of something like "medical child abuse" so we can get rid of all the pseudoscientific baggage. </DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Brian Morgan wrote: <BR>> [snip] <BR>> <BR>> > Some have already argued that when an eminent expert slips in one <BR>> > respect then maybe <BR>> > other parts of his work should also be examined. He did after all shred <BR>> > (or had shredded) all his paperwork <BR>> > and data from his research and case studies so they could not be <BR>> > independently reviewed <BR>> > to validate the opinions expressed in court. <BR>> <BR>> This is wrong. This is wrong everywhere that I know of, even if it is <BR>> simply a research paper being published, let alone evidentiary material <BR>> where life and liberty are at stake. <BR>> <BR>> You cannot punish a researcher enough for this kind of fraud. (Sure, <BR>> maybe the destroyed data DID support his!
conclusions. Just where is the <BR>> evidence for that, now?) <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> John M. Price, PhD jmprice@calweb.com <BR>> Life: Chemistry, but with feeling! | PGP Key on request or FTP! <BR>> Comoderator: sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated Atheist# DCLXXXIII <BR>> </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>
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