So, lets put this in perspective. If a question on a driver's test reads 'What does a red light mean?' and the possible answers are a) Stop your vehicle b) Nothing, its merely a suggestion c) Your microwave popcorn is done
If there is a 'culture' of people who firmly believe that red lights mean their microwave popcorn is done than this question is 'culturally biased'? On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Ian Skinner<[email protected]> wrote: > > Scott Stroz wrote: >> could not find any. Dana posted a very general (and great example by >> the way) of one involving dividing up a pizza. Dana then also posted >> examples of questions from a firefighters test (whether it was a real >> test or not is unclear) where she said there was cultural bias. >> >> I never once argued that the test that started this whole thing was or >> was not culturally biased, rather tried to figure out how ANY test >> could be (which, again, Dana provided a good example). However, my >> issue has been with the rationale used to claim cultural bias for the >> specific question that Dana pointed out as being culturally biased. >> Its almost like she (and others) are saying that if a 'culture' feels >> its ok to break a specific law or rule, than it is 'culturally bias' >> to ask a question related to the enforcement of that law or rule - to >> which I say 'bullshit' > > It is a cultural bias. Whether it is a cultural bias that can be > accepted for the position or not is a completely different and separate > question. The point we are trying to pound through your head is that > cultural bias DOES NOT EQUAL acceptable answer. What it does mean is > that if one does not understand WHY the question is being answered by a > given culture a certain way, it is very hard to know if they are giving > acceptable answers or not. Maybe it is because it is not acceptable to > tattle, maybe it is a different concept of 'report' or 'drunk' or some > other concept -- to just pull a some random concepts out of the question > under dispute. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299364 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
