On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 00:15 +0000, Jonathon Blake wrote: > All: > > I have an OOo template that I'd like to put in one of the usual OOo > repositories for templates. > I'm perfectly willing to release it under the appropriate licence. > > However, it also needs to include a notice that using it in certain > circumstance will be viewed as a felony under US Law, with _no_ > legally admissible defence. ( I am not a lawyer) > [The warning is so that people do not "innocently" violate Federal, > State, and Local statutes.] > > Questions: > > i) How do I reconcile the "requirement" for a warning with the licence. > II) Or would it be totally inappropriate to include it in the general > collection of templates? > > ************************************************ > Some additional info/background > > It is a template for doing graphology profiles. > > The legal issue is when it used by HR departments for > hiring/firing/promoting people. > > Most of the advocates of graphology claim that it is > non-discriminatory, and the EEOC protected classes can not be > determined from handwriting. Thus, they claim that it meets EEOC > requirements. The EEOC itself hasn't issued a formal ruling. Nor has > it is issued an official opinion. As such, it falls into the general > class of tests that have to prove that they do discriminate against > protected classes. > > The published research is somewhat mixed. > > Every published study on gender and handwriting have come back with > the finding that it can be determined at statistically significant > levels. [The majority of handwriting analysts claim that gender can > not be determined from handwriting.] > > The published research on race and ethnicity is somewhat mixed. All > of the studies were flawed, with the researchers presenting their > conclusions based upon the ideology of the people that paid for the > study. This is blatantly obvious just on looking at the data that is > published alongside what they claim it indicates. Anecdotal evidence > also supports the claim that for some population groups, ethnicity and > race can be determined from handwriting. > > The published research on age and handwriting is "interesting" here. > > There is a cluster of data points that is called "adolescent female" > simply because of its prevalence in females between 13 and > 23.[Something like 999 out of 1 000 scripts that have these features, > are written by that population group.] > > There is another cluster of data points that is mainly found in males > over the age of sixty. > [This cluster is neither as exclusive, nor as universal as "adolescent > female".] > > Other published studies show subtle, but statistically detectable > differences between youth (under 21) and old (60+) and 21-60. > > Published research on handwriting and religion is "mixed". Two > studies. Both with major flaws. On the flipside, schools with > religious affiliation teach copybooks that are not taught by public > schools. These copybooks are easily recognized. > > The only studies on weight and handwriting, are for graphotherapy. > There is anecdotal evidence that one's build can be determined from > handwriting. There is also anecdotal evidence that one's weight can > be determined from handwriting. [As in "light", "average", or > "heavy"] Whether it can be correlated to BMI, or similar indices is unknown. > > For most of the rest of the EEOC/ADA protected classes, the published > research is absent. The anecdotal evidence indicates that they can be > determined from handwriting. > > EEOC/DA requirements also require that a test that used be valid, and > reliable. > The published research in the field tends to indicate that it is > neither valid, nor reliable. > > The majority of professional graphologists make their money from > employment profiling. A >
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