Returning auxiliary veterans: some methodological considerations

Some Methodological Considerations on Chance Discovery

This paper investigates the methodological foundations of a new research field called chance discovery, which aims to detect future opportunities and risks. By drawing on concepts from cybernetics and system theory, it is argued that chance discovery best applies to open systems that are equipped with regulatory mechanisms to approximate an ‘ideal’ state. We will motivate anticipation as an add...

Some Methodological Considerations of Curriculum Evaluation Research

THE demonstration and descrip tion of effectiveness are principal concerns of every curriculum evaluation. The evalu ation designs constructed and used b> I'^e experimental curriculum developers to ac complish these purposes assume mony ^r,d varied modes. Examples of this variability are observable in the published literature describing experimental science curriculum projects such as the Ameri...

Investigating epigenetic consequences of early-life adversity: some methodological considerations

Stressful and traumatic events occurring during early childhood have been consistently associated with the development of psychiatric disorders later in life. This relationship may be mediated in part by epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, which are influenced by the early-life environment. Epigenetic patterns can have lifelong effects on gene expression and on the functioning of bi...

Exploring variability within and between corpora: some methodological considerations

The results usually reported in corpus-linguistic studies are quantitative: frequencies, percentages, model parameters, etc. However, given that no corpora are alike, and that sometimes different results are reported for very similar corpora (or even the same corpus), three central issues are: (i) how to identify and quantify the degree of variation coming with one’s results; (ii) how to invest...

Economic Analysis in an Anthropological Setting: Some Methodological Considerations