“Everybody knows that there are certain sampling biases that can affect the reproducibility and the generalizability of research findings in animal behavior, but quite often these are not declared,” says Christian Rutz, a behavioral ecologist at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and an editorial board member of Ethology.
“It is important to distinguish between 1) what is assumed to be true because it has been known (i.e. stated) since earliest times; 2) what a large body of evidence suggests is likely to be true; 3) what has been proved by experiment to be true (under the conditions of the experiment); 4) what is true under certain conditions but irrelevant if taken out of its proper context.” Eva Crane
PLB
***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html