Such as?
jim clark wrote:
> 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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