Topic
Scientific Method
12 published works
Ogden Glazer + Schaefer Blog
The Null Hypothesis
By Erin Ogden
You’ve probably heard the steps in the “Scientific Method.” There are lots of versions of it, but it boils down to this: Make an observation or two Form a hypothesis…
Energy and Environmental Trends Watch
New Jersey Appellate Division Makes Clear Experts Must Demonstrate a Scientifically Recognized Methodology
Jane Thomas Recently, the New Jersey Appellate Division, in Dorrell v. Woodruff Energy, Inc.,[1] vacated a 2018 judgment against Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (“Chevron”) that had found Chevron liable for gasoline…
Drug & Device Law
This Is Disturbing
By Bexis
The Drug and Device Law Blog is deliberately apolitical. Our purpose is to support the defense of prescription medical product liability litigation, and we recognize that the political views of…
WCMediator Blog
Applying the Scientific Method to Case Resolution
By Teddy Snyder
You undoubtedly studied the scientific method in school. You may have even applied it to sophisticated experimentation. Think about how to use that approach for case evaluation and resolution now…
Technology and AI
Finding the next “era of a new field.”
By Greg Storey
You’ve seen the post here and elsewhere—from time to time—lamenting the future while remembering the past. Specifically the early days of the World Wide Web. Super specifically towards the days…
The Faculty Lounge
Science Based Medicine on the Lab Leak Theory
As David Gorski (MD, PhD) explains on the invaluable Science Based Medicine site, the lab leak theory ought to be investigated but it is still extremely unlikely. Key graf: If…
Boundary Dispute Law Blog
Implicit Bias v. Scientific Method
By Bob Zierman
Yesterday, I had an informational interview with a gentleman from Tableau Software. He mentioned how he believes it is so important that we follow the scientific method's means of determining…
The Right Coast
Charles Krauthammer: The myth of settled science – The Washington Post
Ah, settled science in action.via www.washingtonpost.comThis is a week old, but I reprint it as it caused a fuss. Krauthammer is of the same view as I am about climate…
EvidenceProf Blog
In General, Take 3: DRI Finds Testimony About Hernia Patch Admissible Despite Lack Of General Acceptance
By Colin Miller
Last week, I noted that someone on the Evidence professor listserv posed the question of whether a court has ever found that expert evidence that did not have general acceptance within the relevant…
The Right Coast
Why Science Struggles to Correct Its Mistakes – NYTimes.com
In March, for instance, Daryl Bem, a psychologist at Cornell University, shocked his colleagues by publishing a paper in a leading scientific journal, The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,…