On 4/12/06, Ken Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wish that was the only cause. Right now I am trying to convince my > students to the best of my abilities that one should use the same > dependent measure in the experimental and control conditions. > > At the moment, I am utterly unconvincing.
Whatever flaws TIPS might have, it's so valuable to have a resource that serves to remind us that others share our problems. Yup, this is another very familiar problem. Just yesterday I shared with my research methods students a witty and compelling metaphor that, in my earlier years, I might have thought would have convinced all of them that they need have the same measures for both groups if they hope to compare those groups. I mean, it would have convinced me, I think. But those wonderful naive early days of teaching are behind me now, and I'm quite sure that among my students, several will mysteriously fail to have benefitted from either my witty metaphor or the utterly concrete warning that preceded it. It is experiences like that which explain to me why I so enjoy learning foreign languages. Paul Smith Alverno College Milwaukee --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
