Meta-discussion

Examples of Meta-discussion in the following topics:

• Using Metacommentary to Clarify and Elaborate

  • Meta-discussion is a discussion of the nature of a conversation, such as the style and participants of a discussion.
  • Meta-discussion is a discussion about discussion itself—in other words, a discussion that deals with the nature of the discussion, rather than the topic that is being discussed.
  • Meta-discussion addresses issues such as the style, context, participants, and rules of the discussion, as well as its relationship to other discussions.
  • Meta-discussion can help us understand why a particular text is important.
  • Academic writers frequently legitimize their arguments by engaging in meta-discussion.

• Avoid Private Discussions

  • As slow and cumbersome as public discussion can be, it's almost always preferable in the long run.
  • The discussion will help train and educate new developers.
  • The discussion and its conclusions will be available in public archives forever after, enabling future discussions to avoid retracing the same steps.
  • Naturally, there are some discussions that must be had privately; throughout this book we'll see examples of those.
  • If someone tries to start a private discussion with you and there's no reason for it to be private, then it is incumbent on you to open the appropriate meta-discussion immediately.

• Nip Rudeness in the Bud

  • It is unfortunately very easy, and all too typical, for constructive discussions to lapse into destructive flame wars.
  • The topics of discussion only amplify this effect: in technical issues, people often feel there is a single right answer to most questions, and that disagreement with that answer can only be explained by ignorance or stupidity.
  • Instead, when you think you see it happening, make a post that stresses the importance of keeping the discussion friendly, without accusing anyone of being deliberately poisonous.
  • First, let's please cut down on the (potentially) ad hominem comments; for example, calling J's design for the security layer "naive and ignorant of the basic principles of computer security. " That may be true or it may not, but in either case it's no way to have the discussion.
  • One of the secrets of doing this successfully is to never make the meta-discussion the main topic.

• Substitution Reactions of Benzene Derivatives

  • When substituted benzene compounds undergo electrophilic substitution reactions of the kind discussed above, two related features must be considered:
  • Bromination of nitrobenzene requires strong heating and produces the meta-bromo isomer as the chief product.
  • With some exceptions, such as the halogens, deactivating substituents direct substitution to the meta location.
  • Toluene gives 58.5% ortho-nitrotoluene, 37% para-nitrotoluene and only 4.5% of the meta isomer.
  • Consequently, meta-products predominate when electrophilic substitution is forced to occur.

• Characteristics of Specific Substitution Reactions

  • The conditions commonly used for the aromatic substitution reactions discussed here are repeated in the table below.
  • We find, for example, that nitration of nitrobenzene occurs smoothly at 95 ºC, giving meta-dinitrobenzene, whereas bromination of nitrobenzene (ferric catalyst) requires a temperature of 140 ºC.
  • The bulky tert-butyl group ends up attached to the reactive meta-xylene ring at the least hindered site.
  • This may not be the site of initial bonding, since polyalkylbenzenes rearrange under Friedel-Crafts conditions (para-dipropylbenzene rearranges to meta-dipropylbenzene on heating with AlCl3).
  • Since meta-substitution favors a single product, separation of trace isomers is normally not a problem.

• Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Therapy

  • Meta-analyses in 2012 and 2013 found evidence for the efficacy of psychoanalytic therapy; other meta-analyses published in recent years showed psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy to be effective, with outcomes comparable to or greater than other kinds of psychotherapy or antidepressant drugs.
  • It used a meta-analysis of numerous other studies to find whether the method was "proven" or "presumed" to be effective in the treatment of different diseases.

• Release Number Components

  • In order to allow several such candidate releases in a row, the qualifiers themselves can have meta-qualifiers.
  • The most widely used ones are still "Alpha" and "Beta", with "RC" running a close third place, but note that "RC" always includes a numeric meta-qualifier.
  • The next two sections discuss some of the most widely used conventions.

• Cohen's d

  • Among other uses, effect size measures play an important role in meta-analysis studies that summarize findings from a specific area of research, and in statistical power analyses.
  • These are both examples of "absolute effect sizes," meaning that they convey the average difference between two groups without any discussion of the variability within the groups.
  • In meta-analysis, standardized effect sizes are used as a common measure that can be calculated for different studies and then combined into an overall summary.

• Elimination

  • For example, treatment of para-chlorotoluene with sodium hydroxide solution at temperatures above 350 ºC gave an equimolar mixture of meta- and para-cresols (hydroxytoluenes).
  • However, ortho-chloroanisole gave exclusively meta-methoxyaniline under the same conditions.
  • In the absence of steric hindrance (top example) equal amounts of meta- and para-cresols are obtained.

• Religion and Social Support

  • A meta-analysis of 34 recent studies published between 1990 and 2001 found that religiosity has a salutary relationship with psychological adjustment.