Scientific Analysis of Monty Roberts Methods Accepted for Journal Publication

But what is "the conventional UK technique"? I'm certainly not aware of one technique accepted all over the UK as the norm! What sort of horses were used? What previous handling had they had, and in what methods? Questions, questions, questions... I assume the full study addresses all possible variables starting with identifying the UK technique, handling all horses from birth up to backing in either the UK technique or MR's, making sure all have otherwise identical temperaments, physical development, etc.
 
Just because it's been published in a peer reviewed journal doesn't make it fact. There are plenty of publications which have been accepted but have been unrepeatable or subject to innate bias or methodological error that isn't picked up on by the reviewers (or they think it's worth publishing anyway). There are also publications out there which have been widely disproven. The jury remains out until we can see the complete paper, especially the M&Ms to check the quality of the data, the strength of the experimental design and the robustness of the statistical analysis to determine for ourselves whether this publication actually tells us anything...
 
JFTD said:
Just because it's been published in a peer reviewed journal doesn't make it fact. There are plenty of publications which have been accepted but have been unrepeatable or subject to innate bias or methodological error that isn't picked up on by the reviewers (or they think it's worth publishing anyway). There are also publications out there which have been widely disproven. The jury remains out until we can see the complete paper, especially the M&Ms to check the quality of the data, the strength of the experimental design and the robustness of the statistical analysis to determine for ourselves whether this publication actually tells us anything...
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My understanding is it is a scientific comparison of Monty Roberts vs a conventional trainer, rather than a scientific analysis of the method itself. I haven't seen the paper yet though.
 
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