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From: "Stuart McKelvie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
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Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 9:52 AM
Subject: [tips] Re: Tuskegee :racist study
Dear Tipsters,
Perhaps, like me, you are still eagerly awaiting Michael's responses to the
specific questions asked of him by Allen. Here they are, extracted from the
message below:
1. > Michael: Please point out where any TIPSter writing on this topic has
alluded to "authoritative references".
>One of the problems with this Eurocentric penchant for objectivity is the
>isolation of the independent variable robs reality of real content.
2. > Michael, perhaps you'd like to expand on this, with examples, so that
we
are in a position to judge whether or not this statement is baloney.
(Note from Stuart: Michael did list some authors names in a cryptic note. I
cannot tell if they were a response to this question, but the names were not
accompanied by an explanation or "expansion", as requested by Allen.)
>And now we are going to analyze the Kitty Genovese event?
>I guess it never happened.
3. > The only way I am able to interpret this comment is that there are only
two possibilities. Either the account as generally presented is close to
the truth, or the episode didn't happen at all. Is that really your view,
Michael?
Sincerely,
Stuart
The term "authoritative sources" was used as a general term.I was not
referring to any specific study.
The independent variable statement could be seen as an analogy.The poet
John Donne said that no man is an island.
Well the IV is always surrounded by other variables without which the IV
would lose its import.
Hope this helps.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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