The story made the morning news in SanDiego, so I guess this is going to get around rather widely to the public.
Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:38:45 -0500 >From: "Jim Clark" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [tips] Texting May Be Taking a Toll on Teenagers - NYTimes.com >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > >Hi > >It would be interesting to see the data on which some of these statistics are >based. What is the distribution of uses like? Does a mean of several >thousand suggest some people have extremely high numbers (i.e., skewed >distribution like RTs)? I'm not sure what the implication (if any) is of >counting sending + receiving, since each transaction is being counted twice? >What is the average duration of a transaction ... does an "ok" really mean >that much? and so on. > >Perhaps if a good database could be found, it would make for some interesting >stats exercises. > >Take care >Jim > >James M. Clark >Professor of Psychology >204-786-9757 >204-774-4134 Fax >[email protected] > >>>> "Christopher D. Green" <[email protected]> 25-May-09 9:02:04 PM >>> >Generally speaking, I am skeptical of the popular >computers-are-killing-our-children genre of news report. However, >"American teenagers sent and received an average of *2, 272 text >messages per month* in the fourth quarter of 2008"!! >http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/health/26teen.html?hpw > >Chris >-- > >Christopher D. Green >Department of Psychology >York University >Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 >Canada > > > >416-736-2100 ex. 66164 >[email protected] >http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > >========================== > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
