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Avoiding Bias: Simonsen's Rules for Variable Star Observing

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Posted by Aaron Price on September 4, 2009 - 1:39pm

Check out Mike's advice for avoiding bias. Among my favorite advice:
If you see the observations of some other observer(s) beforehand-

  1.   Assume they are lying to deceive you!
  2.   Know they are bad observers, so their opinion is worthless!
  3.   They could be, and probably are, completely crazy. How many variable star observers have you met? I rest my case.
 

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