[Stoves] Advocacy action: ask the GACC to stop promoting the WBT
Xavier Brandao
xvr.brandao at gmail.com
Sun Jan 22 15:03:07 CST 2017
Dear Frank,
> What makes a test method good or bad is only how the results are
> interpreted and used.
The results WILL be interpreted and used. There's no way around that. I
test something because I want results. I want results because it allows
me to take a decision, on which depends time, money, and people.
Humanitarian agencies, development agencies, companies and NGOs have
been testing stoves and disseminating them for decades. This is not
gonna change in the future.
If the results are irrelevant, it doesn't matter how they are
interpreted, and used. The results are useless. By pure chance, the
results may be correct and you may have developed a stove that is
improved. It's like playing Russian roulette.
What makes a test method bad is if the validity of its results is highly
uncertain. It is the case for the WBT.
Best regards,
Xavier
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