At 02:18 PM 11/14/00 -0600, Simon, Steve, PhD wrote:
>Robert Dawson writes:
>An important issue is that no one ran a pilot on this ballot.
once again ... failure to do a pilot jumps up and bites one on the backside
... a fundamental principle in research, ignored ...
never UNderestimate the benefit one can derive from doing a trial run ...
ON THOSE WHO ULTIMATELY WILL BE the target population ...
it would only have taken probably 10 potential voters to view and have
confusion about this ballot expressed ...
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