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Allen and all
I agree that most of the time, the bees are going to be blind to a
treatment - that is until they learn to read or understand human language.
But, the observer needs to be blind - too many trials and publications show
a bias - despite most of us being trained to test the null hypothesis.
In many subtle ways, if the observer, analyst, field crew - anyone in the
chain of data collection knows about the treatments, the data can be
compromised.
Years of EPA Superfund work and court cases were my training ground, and I
understand the importance of doing work by Good Laboratory Practices and
periodic independent training/refresher courses. Many dismiss GLP as being
an annoyance or too expensive, but it documents what was done, puts in place
some safeguards, and helps keep us all honest.
Jerry
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