HI
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Louis_Schmier wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Paul Brandon wrote:
> > In other words, a very large quantity of anecdotes.
> As opposed to? Anecdote is not a dirty word, especially if we're talking
> about 4000 over an eight year period. After all, a sampling is little
> more than a series of anecdotal experiences disguised as statistics.
> Besides, statstics usually distorts the individual experience anyway.
There is some irony in posting this response to a newsgroup that
is largely concerned with how to better instruct students in
scientific psychology so that these incorrect attitudes and
beliefs are _less_ likely to persist in students. Perhaps part
of our difficulty is that too many of our students are taken
history courses that explicitly endorse views that contradict
those many psychology teachers are trying to promote?
Best wishes
Jim
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