http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/02/20/brains-the-size-of-a-nano-tube/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/02/20/brains-the-size-of-a-nano-tube/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 Brian Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:25:15 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/02/20/brains-the-size-of-a-nano-tube/#comment-1114 Much to my dismay, the Science Digest story did not contain a link to the report or the actual survey. The article mentions a sample size of 1000, which is the traditional size used for extrapolating results to the general population, but says nothing about the makeup of the group. Much to my dismay, the Science Digest story did not contain a link to the report or the actual survey. The article mentions a sample size of 1000, which is the traditional size used for extrapolating results to the general population, but says nothing about the makeup of the group.

]]> http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/02/20/brains-the-size-of-a-nano-tube/comment-page-1/#comment-1113 shelley Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:20:45 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/02/20/brains-the-size-of-a-nano-tube/#comment-1113 I would dearly love to know what makes the author of the survey/study so sure that the "survey respondents are well-informed about nanotechnology." Either they're only surveying people who know a lot about it (which I just refuse to believe is a population including a lot of people who are so opposed to it) or they're offering, like, a crash course before they ask the survey questions. Seriously, any of us out here who aren't science geeks (and I say that with love, mind you) are not that likely to have any clue about nanotech or its pros and cons. So, really, how random a sample was this anyway? I would dearly love to know what makes the author of the survey/study so sure that the “survey respondents are well-informed about nanotechnology.” Either they’re only surveying people who know a lot about it (which I just refuse to believe is a population including a lot of people who are so opposed to it) or they’re offering, like, a crash course before they ask the survey questions. Seriously, any of us out here who aren’t science geeks (and I say that with love, mind you) are not that likely to have any clue about nanotech or its pros and cons. So, really, how random a sample was this anyway?

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