Aaron J Witz's Blog – August 2012 Archive (2)

The problem with research as a whole is that there are very few original ideas.  If you are going to do a study, you need to have 20 other people who did something of the sort before you for you to be considered credible.  Now this has something in part to do with the sheer amount of time that it may take to put your desired study together.  The testing of your measurement tools alone can take years.  Due to this process, some researchers do us all a favor and conduct what is called a…

My name is Aaron, and I am a research fanatic.  I hold a bachelors in psychology, and the process of getting that degree introduced me to research as a whole.  I have written research proposals, performed research experiments and have presented my findings to my peers.  I spend some (definately not all) of my free time paroosing the internet, looking for new studies, emerging modalities and anything massage related. I honestly think that understanding the research behind this profession can…