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It might seem a surprisingly unscientific method, but sensory testing is considered the gold standard.
Dr. Yamanaka said he narrowed the field with a very unscientific method: he made an educated guess.
He estimated, using the admittedly unscientific method of counting the number of Red Sox jerseys onboard the plane, that at least 100 fans were on his flight.
"Until the 2008 census, the tiger population was calculated using a discredited, unscientific method which allowed states to dramatically overestimate," she said over the phone in Delhi.
Adam Fleming took the Daily Politics mood box - an unscientific method of gathering public opinions - to see whether the public had similar views.
My unscientific method (read: guessing and rounding to the nearest thousand) surely left some room for error, and I know I'll sleep better at night knowing that that error is covered.
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He has been accused of using unscientific methods and inflated IQ scores in determining inmates' intellectual capabilities.
From a scientific perspective, it is essential that research into unsolved problems not be short-circuited by conclusions already reached through unscientific methods.
In 2009, other psychologists and defense lawyers complained to the board of psychologist examiners that Dr. Denkowski used unscientific methods that artificially inflated intelligence scores to make defendants eligible for the death penalty.
In fact, we do it all the time, though we tend to prefer unscientific methods, like our intuition.
In my line of work, I often hear scientists designate certain topics or areas of interest as inherently "unscientific". My response is that there are no "unscientific" topics, only unscientific methods.
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