Not to put too much of a point on it, but the whole correlation vs. causation thing. And is thread count really a good metric for number of lost sales. For your theory to be true you would also need to show a increase in the number of karaoke venues.
An alternative hypothesis, could there was a short lived spike in karaoke due to American Idol popularity. As the show has decreased in ratings so did the karaoke.
In defense of the journals, there is a nice feedback system where the journals for a field are tiered by impact factor (cited/submitted ratio) and important articles are found in and submitted to a few top level journals.
It would be unfortunate to see this system break down. Granted, the publishers could certainly lower their prices, and make anything more than a decade old available online.
(Opinion comes from a researcher who has access to most journals but still finds it really annoying when an article is not available at the library)
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Did anybody else first picture a flashing colorful dirigible?
Not to put too much of a point on it, but the whole correlation vs. causation thing. And is thread count really a good metric for number of lost sales. For your theory to be true you would also need to show a increase in the number of karaoke venues. An alternative hypothesis, could there was a short lived spike in karaoke due to American Idol popularity. As the show has decreased in ratings so did the karaoke.
Not a dupe, but still a funny recursion. In a few years another blog will bring up the same topic and link this page as a reference. cheers,
In defense of the journals, there is a nice feedback system where the journals for a field are tiered by impact factor (cited/submitted ratio) and important articles are found in and submitted to a few top level journals. It would be unfortunate to see this system break down. Granted, the publishers could certainly lower their prices, and make anything more than a decade old available online. (Opinion comes from a researcher who has access to most journals but still finds it really annoying when an article is not available at the library)