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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 246794" data-attributes="member: 1246">Scientific-speak&nbsp;The following list of phrases and their definitions might help you understand the mysterious language of science and medicine. These special phrases are also applicable to anyone reading a PhD dissertation or academic paper.&nbsp;&quot;IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN&quot;... I didn&#039;t look up the original reference.&nbsp;&quot;A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT&quot;... These data are practically meaningless.&nbsp;&quot;WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS&quot;... An unsuccessful experiment, but I still hope to get it published.&nbsp;&quot;THREE OF THE SAMPLES WERE CHOSEN FOR DETAILED STUDY&quot;... The other results didn&#039;t make any sense.&nbsp;&quot;TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN&quot;... This is the prettiest graph.&nbsp;&quot;THESE RESULTS WILL BE IN A SUBSEQUENT REPORT&quot;... I might get around to this sometime, if pushed/funded.&nbsp;&quot;IN MY EXPERIENCE&quot;... Once&nbsp;&quot;IN CASE AFTER CASE&quot;... Twice&nbsp;&quot;IN A SERIES OF CASES&quot;... Thrice&nbsp;&quot;IT IS BELIEVED THAT&quot;... I think.&nbsp;&quot;IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT&quot;... A couple of others think so, too.&nbsp;&quot;CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE&quot;... Wrong.&nbsp;&quot;ACCORD1NG TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS&quot;... Rumor has it.&nbsp;&quot;A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS&quot;... A wild guess.&nbsp;&quot;A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF OBTAINABLE DATA&quot;... Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a glass of Mountain Dew.&nbsp;&quot;IT IS CLEAR THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS&quot;... I don&#039;t understand it&nbsp;&quot;AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES&quot;... They don&#039;t understand it either.&nbsp;&quot;THANKS ARE DUE TO JOE BLOTZ FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE EXPERIMENT AND TO CINDY ADAMS FOR VALUABLE DISCUSSIONS&quot;... Mr. Blotz did the work and Ms. Adams explained to me what it meant.&nbsp;&quot;A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR EXPLORATORY STUDY&quot;... A totally useless topic selected by my committee.&nbsp;&quot;IT IS HOPED THAT THIS STUDY WILL STIMULATE FURTHER 1NVESTIGATION IN THIS FIELD&quot;... I quit. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 246794, member: 1246"] Scientific-speak [FONT=Times New Roman]The following list of phrases and their definitions might help you understand the mysterious language of science and medicine. These special phrases are also applicable to anyone reading a PhD dissertation or academic paper.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN"... I didn't look up the original reference.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT"... These data are practically meaningless.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS"... An unsuccessful experiment, but I still hope to get it published.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"THREE OF THE SAMPLES WERE CHOSEN FOR DETAILED STUDY"... The other results didn't make any sense.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN"... This is the prettiest graph.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"THESE RESULTS WILL BE IN A SUBSEQUENT REPORT"... I might get around to this sometime, if pushed/funded.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"IN MY EXPERIENCE"... Once[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"IN CASE AFTER CASE"... Twice[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"IN A SERIES OF CASES"... Thrice[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"IT IS BELIEVED THAT"... I think.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT"... A couple of others think so, too.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE"... Wrong.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"ACCORD1NG TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS"... Rumor has it.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS"... A wild guess.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF OBTAINABLE DATA"... Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a glass of Mountain Dew.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"IT IS CLEAR THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS"... I don't understand it[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES"... They don't understand it either.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"THANKS ARE DUE TO JOE BLOTZ FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE EXPERIMENT AND TO CINDY ADAMS FOR VALUABLE DISCUSSIONS"... Mr. Blotz did the work and Ms. Adams explained to me what it meant.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR EXPLORATORY STUDY"... A totally useless topic selected by my committee.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]"IT IS HOPED THAT THIS STUDY WILL STIMULATE FURTHER 1NVESTIGATION IN THIS FIELD"... I quit. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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