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Rigour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Intellectual rigour is an important part, though not the whole, of intellectual honesty--which means keeping one's convictions in proportion to one's valid evidence. Mathematical rigour is often cited as a kind of gold standard for mathematical proof. Complete rigour, it is often said, became available in mathematics at the start of the twentieth century. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rigour   (669 words)

Rigour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) The setting for intellectual rigour does tend to assume a principled position from which to advance or argue.An opportunistic tendency to use any argument to hand is not very rigorous, if very common in politics, for example. Mathematical rigour is often cited as a kind of goldstandard for proof. Complete rigour, it is often said, became available in mathematics at the start of the twentiethcentury. www.therfcc.org /rigour-3910.html   (562 words)

Rigour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Intellectual rigour is an important part, though not the whole, of intellectual honesty. Mathematical rigour is often cited as a kind of gold standard for proof. Most mathematical arguments are presented as prototypes of formally rigorous proofs, on the grounds that too much formality may in fact obscure what is being said. www.encyclopedia-online.info /Academic_rigor   (594 words)

Rigour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) For the medical term see rigor (medicine) Rigour has a a number of meanings in relation to intellectual life and discourse. Infralapsarians The name given to a party of Dutch Calvinists in the seventeenth century, who sought to mitigate the rigour of Calvin's doctrine concerning absolute predestination. Acoemetae Either, an appellation common to all Eastern ascetics known by the rigour of their vigils; or, a special order of Greek or Basilian monks devoting themselves to prayer and praise without intermission. www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Rigour.html   (734 words)

Action research - Article - Publications - Stronger Families Learning Exchange - Australian Institute of Family Studies ... Another argument, however, is that rigour is evident in research when the methods used are those that can represent the fullest, most detailed, rich and expressive picture of a particular situation. Rigour in action research is therefore achieved when the most appropriate methodologies are applied to data collection and analysis. The rigour comes in choosing and applying the method that is most appropriate to the situation, then using another method and another one until a rich body of information is gathered that puts together a comprehensive picture (Dick 1999: 1; Caro 2000: 14). www.aifs.gov.au /sf/pubs/bull2/eb.html   (891 words)

Rigour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) (AGI) - Rome, June 7 - "I believe that the issue is combining growth and rigour, even though there is not growth without balancing the budget" said EU Policies... "Financial rigour is not an end in and of itself", stressed Marini, "but is a way to support and immediately liberate energies for development. Rigour has a a number of meanings in relation to intellectual life and discourse. www.wikiverse.org /rigour   (726 words)

Definition of rigour 1:...c lay men and woman, it is known for its academic rigour, a traditional [[liberal arts]] curriculum, and a... 5:...isation was able to proceed with greater academic rigour and with all the added impetus that comprehension... 13:...ring theory, which is established at the level of rigour of physics. www.wordiq.com /search/rigour.html   (345 words)

Areol session 6: Rigour in action research Far from being obstacles to rigour, commitment and flexibility can be used as a foundation for it. This is an important source of rigour in the Snyder evaluation process, described in later sessions. Analyse it, and devise ways of improving the rigour of the data collected and the interpretations of it without damaging its effectiveness for change management. www.uq.net.au /action_research/areol/areol-session06.html   (3036 words)

Sources of rigour in action research in which the issues of rigour in qualitative research generally are addressed by examining some of the ways in which it is achieved in action research Action research may be described briefly as a family of research methodologies with dual aims of action (that is, change) and research (that is, understanding). There, action research draws upon many sources of rigour which are also to be found in other qualitative approaches. www.uq.net.au /action_research/arp/rigour3.html   (2837 words)

The Truth Seeker - BBC Machinations This is the "rigour" whose recent lapse Wyatt and Byford lament. It is the rigour, as Robert Louis Stevenson put it, of "your sham impartialists, wolves in sheep's clothing, simpering honestly as they suppress". It is the rigour of false respect for a corrupt elite, of "that combination of mediocrity and ambition: death to the spirit", as the historian Norman Stone wrote. www.thetruthseeker.co.uk /print.asp?ID=1505   (805 words)

Formality and Rigour in 20th Century Mathematics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) At the conclusion of the rigourisation of analysis and the formalisation of mathematics two unprecedented problems were outstanding which still remain with us. Possibly the reason why it took 2000 years to do this may have something to do with the fact that this was the first number system which had no canonical notation for numbers, and hence no way of exploiting the theory in computations. The other "problem" was that a standard of rigour was known to be possible that even the most pedantic mathematicians were unwilling to embrace. www.rbjones.com /rbjpub/maths/math009.htm   (429 words)

Rigour At Rigour Group the privacy of your personal information is important to us. These range from unstructured activity in exploring open-ended questions to the structured rigour of investigating the credibility of sources. An expose of the lack of scientific rigour in environmentalist ideology, broadcast by a Channel 4, UK, in 1997. www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Rigour   (260 words)

Prakriya - Nursery School Foster both a sense of wholesomeness, integrity, and joyousness and also foster rigour and seriousness of purpose in acquiring knowledge and skills. We need to realise that academic rigour is not the same as intellectual rigour. Another thing about rigour is that it is not only for something we make the children "do". www.prakriyaschool.org /nursery.htm   (583 words)

First process of making up mental representations:switching signifields In this interview, it appears that, in the pupil's mind, the signifier "rigour" is related to two different signifieds: mathematical rigour and physical rigour (whipping). Actually, mathematical rigour is substituted for the physical rigour which is expected, wished for. Mathematical rigour is a cognitive and emotional interaction which is going to become "motivating" for this boy. perso.wanadoo.fr /jacques.nimier/pagea224.htm   (244 words)

Rigour and Vigour Conference: Directions in HIV Prevention Curtin University of Technology will host the Rigour and Vigour Conference: Directions in HIV Prevention tomorrow to coincide with World AIDS Day on Wednesday 1 December. Mr Baxter has been involved in HIV/AIDS research since the early 1980s, including a range of leadership positions in community-based organisations and appointments to a series of national and NSW government advisory and decision-making bodies. For full conference details visit http://publichealth.curtin.edu.au/html/news_seminars.html and click on the Rigour and Vigour link, or contact Jenny Smith at jenny.smith@curtin.edu.au or (08) 9266 3062. announce.curtin.edu.au /release2004/c16804.html   (291 words)

Rigour and Vigour Conference: Directions in HIV Prevention   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Curtin University of Technology, Australia, will host the Rigour and Vigour Conference: Directions in HIV Prevention tomorrow to coincide with World AIDS Day on Wednesday 1 December. The all-day conference is a joint initiative between Curtin's WA Centre for Health Promotion Research (WACHPR), the WA AIDS Council and the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations. Executive director of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Don Baxter will open proceedings with a keynote address on "Jeopardising Rigour and Vigour". www.news-medical.net /print_article.asp?id=6509   (289 words)

GospelMessage.com - Listings of the word RIGOUR in the King James Version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, [was] with rigour. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit [them for] a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour. [And] as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: [and the other] shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. www.gospelmessage.com /word_rigour.htm   (164 words)

[No title] 3.4.4 Methodological rigour and research skills Nevertheless, these systems do not seem sufficient to alleviate the concerns of a number of respondents over the methodological rigour of much educational research. The overall quality of the research output was felt to be inadequate by a large number of our researcher and non-researcher respondents. There is a clear need for researchers to pay greater attention to the methodological rigour of their techniques, and the implications for the weight and value they attach to their findings. www.nerf-uk.org /software/RR74.doc?version=1   (16198 words)

Citations: Informal rigour and completeness proofs - Kreisel (ResearchIndex)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Kreisel, Informal rigour and completeness proofs, in: I.Lakatos (ed.), Problems in the philosophy of mathematics, North-Holland (1969), 138-157. We do not, however, claim to have reached the limits of analysis (but perhaps the idea of the ultimate analysis does not even make sense) Second, we.... The di#erence is that Kreisel accepts the reductive account of logical consequence, but is worried about the fact that standard applications of it survey only domains that are sets, while we often use the first order language to talk about proper classes of objects. citeseer.ist.psu.edu /context/296197/0   (892 words)

Consultancy aims to inject new product rigour INJECTING more “pace and rigour” into the area of new product development in Australia is the target of a new entrant into the Australian market. Director of UK boutique strategy consultancy Real World Marketing Roger Jackson—who has formed a joint venture with Sydney research company Colmar Brunton called Real World Australia—said the local market appeared to be behind the UK when it came to focus on speed to market. Jackson said that Australia was lagging behind developments in the UK market and predicted trends such as the growth of supermarket premium home brands as well as the major success of products that combined convenience and health would also take off here. www.bandt.com.au /news/d0/0c01aad0.asp   (242 words)

rigour - OneLook Dictionary Search Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "rigour" is defined. rigour : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] Words similar to rigour: asperity, cogency, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, severity, validity, more... www.onelook.com /?loc=rescb&w=rigour   (138 words)

VFDC / VF3 / Kage / vf3ob_by_the_numbers-index.txt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) If your opponent blocks the move, this is the difference between your rigour time plus connect time and the opponent's rigour time. Case A: You pressed G at a frame less than Z. Then the move stops execution at Z+1 Case B: You pressed G at a frame greater than or equal to Z. Then the move stops execution at the next frame after you pressed G. Y: Determines your rigour time. Rigour = (Frame the move stops execution) - Y + 2 NB: The +2 at hte end of the rigour time formula only shows up at Rev. C and above. www.virtuafighter.com /view.php?section=vf3&chara=kage&file=vf3ob_by_the_numbers-index.txt   (263 words)

Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research: a case of the tail wagging the dog? -- Barbour 322 (7294): ... Reducing qualitative research to a list of technical procedures (such as purposive sampling, grounded theory, multiple coding, triangulation, and respondent validation) is overly prescriptive and results in "the tail wagging the dog" None of these "technical fixes" in itself confers rigour; they can strengthen the rigour of qualitative research only if embedded in a broader understanding of qualitative research design and data analysis Technical fixes used to confer rigour on qualitative analysis, the concerns they are thought to address, and their realistic potential www.bmj.com /cgi/content/full/322/7294/1115   (2521 words)

iMade — Ways of Producing: Rigour and Invention in the Italian Furniture Industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) The exhibit will be on display from March 14 to April 6 and admission is free. iMade© Ways of Producing: Rigour and Invention in the Italian Furniture Industry tells the story of how the Milan region became the world's leader in furniture manufacturing. Media who would like a "sneak peak" of the exhibit on Thursday, March 13 can call Iain Macdonald to arrange a tour. www.forestry.ubc.ca /portal/2003/imade   (475 words)

Changing the Culture 2002 Intuition is needed to direct rigour and rigour needed to strengthen our intuition. Public Lecture Rigour : Mathematics : : Intuition : Teaching... In this session, I highlight a few misappropriations as I develop the suggestion that rigour and intuition have nearly opposite roles in formal math and formal education. www.pims.math.ca /education/2002/ctc   (298 words)

Helmet compulsion boffins lack "scientific rigour"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) And this is the point that has been raised with the British Medical Association. The report in Accident Analysis & Prevention will be used by anti-compulsionists to show that the BMA did not use "scientific rigour" when it over-turned the advice of its own 1999 report, using erroneous death stats provided by the Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust, a political lobbying organisation funded by the Freemasons. There are 46 articles on helmet compulsion in the link below. www.bikebiz.co.uk /daily-news/article.php?id=5495   (669 words)

Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research: a case of the tail wagging the dog? -- Barbour 322 (7294): ... Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research: a case of the tail wagging the dog? Department of General Practice, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 0RR In medical research the question is no longer whether qualitative methods are valuable but how rigour can be ensured or enhanced. bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/extract/322/7294/1115   (701 words)

Rigour and the axiomatic method Foundational studies were plunged into a new crisis, even the most trivial intuitive ideas seeming to cause major problems. In this atmosphere, it's not surprising that the complete formalization of mathematical proof should be attempted; in any case, it can be seen as the natural next step in the evolution of ever greater precision and rigour in mathematics. If basic concepts like 'set' and 'member' are problematical, how can natural language and intuitive proof ever be trusted? www.rbjones.com /rbjpub/logic/jrh0102.htm   (1149 words)

Absence of scientific rigour in environmentalist ideology Broadcast by Channel 4 in the UK, 1997 The Lack Of Scientific Rigour In Environmentalist Ideology The first programme in the series presents arguments that global warming is a myth and that the environment in the developed world is improving. www.users.bigpond.com /smartboard/aginatur/prog1.htm   (3807 words)

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