I wrote:
"I hold that these statements are true whether one's subjects are of
European descent, African, Asian, non-human animals, plants, inanimate
matter, abstract concepts and symbols, whatever. Some other methodology
statements (e.g., about the need for "blind" participants and raters) only
hold for human subjects, but not for those in some cultures and not those in
other cultures".
Oops - of course I didn't mean to imply that the need for blind
raters goes away when the participants are non-human. My typing got ahead of
my thinking there.
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
