tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post109776906609742443..comments2024-02-20T17:40:21.618-05:00Comments on jeremy freese's weblog: true stories of contemporary research ethicsjeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1097778569947024622004-10-14T14:29:00.000-04:002004-10-14T14:29:00.000-04:00I know Western scholars scoff at the validity of a...I know Western scholars scoff at the validity of any research done with hungry people, but the Bulgarian Istitute of Social Conduct in Sophia, Bulgaria assisted in the rehabilitation of that feral boy I spoke of in an earlier post. They found that by providing him meat scraps every 10 minutes he would mind better. Your friends may want to slide a 5 spot to their subjects every so often during the course of the interview - call it the salivating factor if you want, but it makes for cleaner coefficients. If I am translating correctly, they said, " tight guts, loose regressions" but I'm still a bit rusty with the lingo. These guys soon learned that pastry only enhanced the anticipatory responses of the feral boy subject, who by the way they had named Lukhas. However they failed to include their numbers on this, meat vs pastry. I hope this helps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1097771007167676052004-10-14T12:23:00.000-04:002004-10-14T12:23:00.000-04:00A problem with the whole issue is that the usual w...A problem with the whole issue is that the usual word used in the survey research business is "incentive" rather than "compensation." So the whole enterprise has a cast more like the token tote bags you get for donating $100 to PBS than for the idea of it as being any kind of exchange.jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1097770422409998152004-10-14T12:13:00.000-04:002004-10-14T12:13:00.000-04:00Jeremy, I take it there aren't many (or any) econo...Jeremy, I take it there aren't many (or any) economists on the IRB. I got what I'd guess was as good of a laugh out of the idea that compensation=coercion (and the additional implication that 25>50) as you and Brayden King got from Bush's <I>Dred Scott</I> line. TomTom Bozzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853926747746938925noreply@blogger.com