Category Archives: Research methods

Guide to translating scientific papers into plain English

By take21 | Published: June 23, 2008

A classic article “Guide to translating scientific papers into plain English” is available in a new edition. Examples: “It has long been known that …” translated into its plain language form “I haven’t bothered to look up the reference.” “Typical results are shown”………”The best results are shown.” “Three samples were chosen for further study”……. “The […]

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Dore documentary

By take21 | Published: June 13, 2008

– We’ve been sent a great set of links about  Dore  by Brainduck, one of the bloggers who have been applying scientific evaluation to the Dore claims. – Links from Brainduck are in ‘Dore, bloggers, Bad Science‘, scroll down to comments – Highly recommend the documentary from ABC Australia. It shows the key people, shows […]

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Dore, bloggers and Bad Science

By take21 | Published: June 9, 2008

It would be gratifying to report that the recent suspension of activities by the Dore company was the direct result of a better public understanding of research methods. Unfortunately, it is not quite as clear cut as that. The direct cause of Dore’s demise seems to be financial. First Australian, then UK and USA operations […]

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from the Annals of Improbable Research

By take21 | Published: June 9, 2008

The Relative Price of Nothing “Commercial Features of Placebo and Therapeutic Efficacy,” Rebecca L. Waber, Baba Shiv, Ziv Carmon and Dan Ariely, Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 299, March 5, 2008, pp. 1016–7. (Thanks to Mark Dionne for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, who variously are at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, […]

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Compare and contrast

By take21 | Published: May 27, 2008

Compare the use of research in a commercially marketed treatment programme with a critique using standard methods for evaluating research evidence. Research links from the Dore website A page of selected results showing improvements in pupil’s scores for reading, SATs and attention symptoms. University and Education Authority studies are cited. In particular, papers published in […]

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Dore ‘miracle cure’

By take21 | Published: May 27, 2008

Winford Dore: ‘Dyslexia- The Miracle Cure’ Kenny Logan is a rugby player who has suffered from dyslexia. On BBC 4’s You and Yours he talks about being labelled as thick at school, the struggle to conceal his disability and the excitement of learning to read. He attributes his reading achievement to the Dore method. It […]

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Dore ‘miracle cure’

By take21 | Published: May 27, 2008

Winford Dore: ‘Dyslexia- The Miracle Cure’ Kenny Logan is a rugby player who has suffered from dyslexia. On BBC 4’s You and Yours he talks about being labelled as thick at school, the struggle to conceal his disability and the excitement of learning to read. He attributes his reading achievement to the Dore method. It […]

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