Speaking as someone with a background in science I think I agree with Elizabeth's interpretation. <br><br>I get the impression the study is much more subjective than solid, the sample size far too small to get any meaningful results other than this needs more research dollars to further define etc etc.<br>
<br>I've just been reading a study on licensing by a consultant. Take out the jargon and it says the more liberal the license the more likely it is that people will use your "Open data". Well yes but did we really need a study to discover that?<br>
<br>I like jargon when it is used as a short hand way of expressing something to a group of people working in a field but not when it is used to add "respectability" to a report.<br><br>Cheerio John <br><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 28 March 2011 19:05, Robin Paulson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robin.paulson@gmail.com">robin.paulson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On 29 March 2011 10:09, Elizabeth Dodd <<a href="mailto:edodd@billiau.net">edodd@billiau.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> I didn't find the abstract meaningful as it was full of politically<br>
> correct speak.<br>
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well done, an entire scientific study dismissed with a meaningless<br>
piece of jargon. perhaps a more in-depth analysis would be more<br>
useful?<br>
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