Sentences with phrase «debate about the method»

And there is a valid debate about the method through which these policies are paid for — through bills, through taxation, or some other means.

Third, another core conclusion of the new study is largely being lost in the partisan and, to a lesser extent, scholarly, debates about its methods and quality.

This may seem like a nerdy debate about methods of calculation but it's much more important than that.

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«People who have financial means get the chance to have the moral, ethical and spiritual debates about which method to choose,» said Dawn Vander Kolk, an Illinois hospice social worker.

There has always been an ongoing debate about the pros and cons of quantitative and qualitative methods for picking stocks.

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As anyone who has mastered the time - honored art of argumentation and the Socratic Method can tell you, nothing will favorably end a debate quicker than a picture of Willy Wonka saying something snarky about Benghazi.

But what they learned about theological method or about the debates between Barthians and Bultmannians did not have much direct bearing on their weekly struggles to be good pastors.

For a number of years now, a debate has been underway in the Whiteheadian academy about the method we should adopt to interpret Alfred North Whitehead's metaphysical writings.

Perhaps it's because the post-modern world tries to apply the scientific method to determine the validity of sacred writings, and that debates about religion invariably propose the false dichotomy of faith vs. science.

We debated a bit about the method and the kind of cookie to be used (ladyfingers versus galletas María), but ultimately we decided the best version would include cream cheese.

The debate is one that has occupied researchers for over a century now, with quantitative researchers arguing that statistical analysis of data generates objective knowledge, while qualitative researchers believe that quantitative methods do not provide rich data about phenomena.

The Adrian Peterson story has ignited a debate about corporal punishment in our country — particularly around whether it's ok to use the same methods of physical discipline some of our parents used on us.

In practise I find the criticism in your commentary difficult to validate because explicit values of principle create implicit judgements of method while debate about means must also pass the means - test.

The Founding Fathers only said in the U.S. Constitution about presidential elections (only after debating among 30 ballots for choosing a method): «Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors...» The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as «plenary» and «exclusive.»

So now, every member has a duty to engage with the Corbyn - led debate about the future of the left and his rethink of our political method.

The researchers argue that quantitative and statistical methods provide a better way to settle debates about human origins than the descriptive analyses that have been used in the past.

Another research project fueled an ongoing debate about which statistical method is better for examining experimental data: Bayesian statistics, which incorporates early intuition, or the classical approach, which only takes a study's collected data into account.

«I very much welcome the CSA's comments that the science on the GM method is clear, and that the debate is about values.

My article intends to raise a debate about how technologically advanced countries which cultivate the eLearning method should help developing...

My article intends to raise a debate about how technologically advanced countries which cultivate the eLearning method should help developing countries that have no technological resources for education.

Hertz tweets many articles about classroom life, ranging from debates about zero - tolerance policies and methods to improving student engagement.

But the report is unlikely to quell debates about which methods are best for teaching the subjects.

The motion instructs the Union's Executive to promote discussion and debate amongst teachers in Wales in support of a collective bargaining model, and amongst members of the NUT about the best methods of union members being involved in decisions about the bargaining process.

While complex statistical methods are often used to «control» or «account» for students» levels of risk or risk factors, much debate exists about the extent to which such statistical controls, no matter how sophisticated, indeed work (e.g., to partly / wholly eliminate «bias»).

Our unwillingness to critically question our testing methods is just another indicator of a superficial public debate about math instruction.

Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, said the country should end divisive debates about policies and adopt methods that are working in top - scoring nations.

And, in many cases, these changes are happening against a backdrop of furious debate about the specific statistical methods being used to determine each teacher's effectiveness.

Hidden behind the debate about turnaround programs, charter schools, standardized testing, evaluation methods and the common core curriculum rages a far more fundamental argument; what do we actually expect our public education to achieve... What is the purpose of public education?

The public debate reached a heightened pitch in 1955 when Rudolf Flesch published, Why Johnny Can't Read and What You Can Do About It, a critique of the then popular practice of teaching reading by sight, otherwise known as the «look - say» method.

I'm certainly willing to believe I'm reading way too much into this, but the timing was odd, especially given the propensity of people on both sides of the gun control debate to say ridiculous things about other methods of killing people.

There is a roaring debate within the personal finance community about which method should be used to pay off debt.

There has always been an ongoing debate about the pros and cons of quantitative and qualitative methods for picking stocks.

In the dog world it's almost as debated as dog training methods, but as concerns about parvovirus rise across the UK, you may be left more confused than ever as to whether your dog will or won't benefit.

There are perpetual debates over which training method is best and how to go about solving dogs» behavioral challenges.

Although an increasing number of dog trainers are force - free, there are currently no regulations on dog training and still some on - going debate amongst trainers and dog owners about what is the best method to train a dog.

As various photographers have experimented with different methods of achieving abstraction over the decades, they have spurred many fruitful debates about what defines a photograph, and what exactly makes any image abstract.

There is a lively debate in climate science about how best to compare the importance of these greenhouse gases, and many climatologists deeply immersed in studying human - driven global warming reject the method used by Howarth.

When I was «debating» evolution vs. creationism in DebunkCreation with creationists, every few weeks we would have a creationist come by with only a first name claiming to be a scientist but would refuse to even mention what his speciality was — and it soon became quite clear that the «scientist» knew very little about the scientific method or any area of science he chose to discuss, and as such was clearly not a scientist.

The techniques used by the tobacco industry to confuse public debate about tobacco science, well - documented in the materials analyzed by Ong and Glantz, closely resemble methods used by some of the people working to obfuscate climate science.

Perhaps an additional comment should be made about other ongoing debates about what is understood to be the Savory Method or Holistic Management ®.

I appreciate the bold scientists who maintains the debate about scientific methods of climate change research; however, I miss a mention of the first challengers, McIntyre and McKitrick, who were the first scientists who questioned the statistical methods leading to hockety stick shape of paleoclimate reconstructions.

Of course, crazy can be right about the science, but the methods of debate are deeply crazy.

The fact that it doesn't may make it easier for non-scientists to repeat the generalization, but it obscures what this debate needs most: transparency about methods, and clarity about facts.

If another party did in fact take the same raw data and produce a temperature reconstruction, and it differed significantly from Steig's, how could there be meaningful scientific discussion / debate about which reconstruction was likely more accurate if only one or neither party released their methods for producing the reconstruction?

And there can be no doubt there will be continuing debates and discussions about the paper's methods and conclusions.

But in all of this I think an unbiased look at all the methods for ESTIMATING ECS reveals that there is room for honest debate about the true value, whether it is 1.6 or 4.5 IS AN HONEST DEBATE, its not denialist bulldebate about the true value, whether it is 1.6 or 4.5 IS AN HONEST DEBATE, its not denialist bullDEBATE, its not denialist bull crap.

... And that lax attitude towards method was borrowed by others hoping to intervene in the climate debate, to make statements about climate change «deniers».

One thing that has occurred to me in debating those who fall for anti-science propaganda is that there is a need for public school science curricula to include more emphasis on the basic principles of the scientific method, and how one can go about figuring out what's true and what isn't when faced with media controversies about science.

The SCC is co-organizing a seminar on 27 May where we will discuss how we can achieve a more fact - based debate on the much talked about dispute resolution method ISDS (Investor - State Dispute Settlement).