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Old 07-06-2011, 05:07 PM   #57 (permalink)
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yay for research methods!

First of all....
Quote:
Originally Posted by JRMichler View Post
First law: You can't win.
Second law: You can't even break even.
Third law: You can't get out of the game.
I LOVE that!

Now on topic...
I'm glad to see that people on the forum have a good grasp on research methods. I taught a research methods class in grad school and it was a nightmare. It's supposed to be the first class taken before any others and the students were almost all juniors or seniors. They thought it was a waste of time and it drove me nuts!!! It's this type of thing that you guys are talking about. It's so so so important! Did this addition/deletion make a change in mpg or not? Is the difference big enough to be a difference? Is it because of something other than the addition/deletion?

I really do appreciate people doing the A-B-A testing and reporting whether they're using their scangauge or whatever to measure mpg. I know A-B-A is time consuming and difficult. That's why I haven't done it yet! I don't really know how either. A bit scared to touch the alternator at this point. I'm still at the crude stage myself: tank-fill-up and odometer for mpg-measuring. Hopefully I can add some good data here at some point!

Thanks for the thread post MetroMPG!
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