At 10:41 AM -0500 11/11/00, Esther Yoder Strahan wrote:
>Gary and Tipsters--
>
>I have been frustrated in watching the West Palm Beach ballot coverage to
>note that (at least in all the coverage I've seen) no one consults any
>human factors people!
>
>For some reason CNN and the other news outlets seem to think it appropriate
>to bring in only journalists and the occasional political scientist to
>comment on the design of the ballot. I wonder whether they have been
>approached by any human factors scientists offering to provide an informed
>opinion on the issues of usability/readibility/error rates, etc...
That might actually produce an answer!
Continued muddled discussion is better for their business.
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