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Conservapedia talk:Are atheists productive (view source)
Revision as of 03:24, February 27, 2008
, 03:24, February 27, 2008→Google Searches are not a way to quantify data
No serious research would ever include Google 'hits' as anything other than anecdotal. It's simply not quantifiable. [[User:Misterlinx|Misterlinx]] 21:33, 26 February 2008 (EST)
No serious research would ever include Google 'hits' as anything other than anecdotal. It's simply not quantifiable. [[User:Misterlinx|Misterlinx]] 21:33, 26 February 2008 (EST)
: I disagree just a little. Google searches can be useful as a rough guide, or a starting point, if you are careful to take into account the sorts of issues that you've listed above. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:47, 26 February 2008 (EST)
: I disagree just a little. Google searches can be useful as a rough guide, or a starting point, if you are careful to take into account the sorts of issues that you've listed above. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:47, 26 February 2008 (EST)
Oh come now, Mr.Rayment. Googling the phrase "first born son" yields 282,200 hits. Googling "first born daughter" yields 37,600 hits. Do you seriously believe this tells you that seven and a half times more often, the first born child is male rather than female?
I repeat, Google hits are utterly meaningless in this context. [[User:Misterlinx|Misterlinx]] 22:24, 26 February 2008 (EST)
== A research proposal ==
== A research proposal ==