User talk:PanosKratimenos/sandbox/BASC001/2020-21/Thursday2-3/Evidence

Evidence in Disciplines: Psychology and Neuroscience in Emotion
I have added a small paragraph on the distinction between qualitative and quantitative evidence in psychology as I find it very interesting that both approaches are commonly used in the same discipline, despite these approaches being almost opposites to each other. I thought that this distinction would provide a good basis for the paragraphs you have written below, which posed a very good point regarding the issues with the quantification of qualitative data and highlighted how this can be an issue in both Neuroscience and Psychology. MM.Mar 08 (discuss • contribs) 11:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Yes, this is a really useful extra bit of information to show how psychology can use both qualitative and quantitative research methods, and to consider which method is best depending on the nature of the subject matter. I have changed this to a sub-sub-section instead of a sub-section as I feel that the structure is clearer this way, as it is a topic under psychology. Alpacamaka (discuss • contribs) 15:50, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Evidence for well-being
I added a sub-section on Gender and Wellbeing to elaborate more on your point about how gender can influence wellbeing, I also linked gender to previous points you made - health and education. I felt it was a such a large area of inequality, influencing wellbeing in multiple ways so it was useful to explore it in more detail, and to demonstrate how evidence used to justify gender gaps may not accurately represent the real situation. Alpacamaka (discuss • contribs) 18:58, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

I organised the different elements influencing wellbeing into bullet points because I felt the structure was clearer this way and easier to read. Alpacamaka (discuss • contribs) 16:39, 01 November 2020 (UTC)

I have added a small title "Introduction : Measurements of Wellbeing" as I felt like this structural element helped organise the topic a little more. MM.Mar 08 (discuss • contribs) 14:21, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Eye-witness Testimony as evidence in court
I have added an addition to this incredibly insightful contribution, to clearly highlight how the issues surrounding eye-witness testimonies have led to a general conflict between whether quantitative evidence should be prioritised over qualitative evidence, in court. I wanted to explain how both types of evidence have their applicability, and neither should be discarded completely, also due to social factors. I also wanted to explicitly state that solving this problem of reliability, requires an interdisciplinary approach - this had already been described in the original contribution but rather implicitly, and thus I hope my addition was able to reinforce this point.Bienchen4338 (discuss • contribs) 13:09, 06 November 2020 (UTC)

I have added a small title of "conclusion" for the last paragraph of this contribution. I really enjoyed reading these few paragraphs as they showcase the real world applications of the dispute of using qualitative versus quantitative evidence, and how these issues and conflicts can seriously impact important procedures such as court trials. MM.Mar 08 (discuss • contribs) 14:09, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Evidence for Love: The quantitative approach applied by Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics
I have added another section regarding the quantitative approach of love within the area of mathematics. When I saw your contribution this week it made me remember the Gottman equation which I learned about in high school. However, I was hesitant because it could be interpreted as subjective and not based on real experiments or evidence. Please let me know if you feel like I have taken the correct approach. Cannedtomatoes (discuss • contribs) 03:41, 8 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for this contribution - I think it fits really well and adds another perspective on how humans have tried to quantise love. While your addition focuses more on love and attachment within an established relationship, and the original contribution leans towards describing how love arises and is detected in the first place, I think it is really interesting to see that quantitative methods (in this instance mathematical formulae) are used to study all stages of a relationship. You definitely took the right approach and support the main point that a range of disciplines are involved in deciphering the mystery, that is love.(Bienchen4338 (discuss • contribs) 22:55, 8 November 2020 (UTC))

Evidence for Happiness: Biological and Cultural Determinism
I have added a sub-section to relate what you have said to interdisciplinary clashes within evidence - how happiness would be researched by biology and more social constructivist disciplines, and the difficulties that may be encountered as a result of the different ways in which evidence is seen in each discipline. Alpacamaka (discuss • contribs) 13:19, 10 November 2020 (UTC)