Karl what a great study waiting to happen. Who had some undergrads in need of a research thesis ideas?
Annette PS I'm in line at passport control in Amsterdam here for the international psychonomics meeting.v Very excited to be here.....a very long and slow line On Sunday, May 6, 2018, Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) digest <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> wrote: > TIPS Digest for Monday, May 07, 2018. > > 1. RE: One space or two after a period? > 2. Re: One space or two after a period? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: One space or two after a period? > From: "Wuensch, Karl Louis" <wuens...@ecu.edu> > Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 17:18:53 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > For me, one space looks fine with Courier New but not with Times > New Roman. With 12 point font and my printer and driver, one blank space > is 2.8 mm wide with Courier New but only 1.1 mm wide with Times New Roman, > and that 1.1 mm is not, for me, enough of a break. > > I wonder if some of the variance in spacing preference is > associated with variance in length of pause between sentences when > speaking. Might those who prefer two spaces also prefer longer pauses > between sentences when speaking or listening? > > Cheers, > [Karl L. Wuensch]<http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm> > From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu] > Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2018 2:18 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] One space or two after a period? > > > > This is such a strange issue. > > I had a had time retraining my typing to get rid of two spaces after a > period. Sometimes, the old habit slips in. But with the fonts I use, the > only way I can edit out two spaces is to use the search and replace > function. > > The fundamental flaw in this research is that the stimulus material was > presented in Courier. I doubt the results will replicate with adjustable > fonts. > > Who actually uses Courier anymore when we have word processors and modern > printers that give us manuscripts that look like they were typeset? It is > an ugly font. > > My first step into high tech when I typed my dissertation on an IBM > Selectric (Ken and Miguel will know what that is) was that a member of my > committee loaned me his special font ball and I could use Bookman font > instead of Courier for my manuscript! (Plus I could suck off typos with > that wonderful tape!) > > OK. I'm done ranting. > > Claudia > > _____________________________________________ > > Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. > Director > Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment > BLDG 53 Suite 201 > University of West Florida > Pensacola, FL 32514 > > Phone: (850) 857-6355 (direct) or 473-7435 (CUTLA) > > csta...@uwf.edu<mailto:csta...@uwf.edu> > > CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/offices/cutla/<http://uwf.edu/cutla/> > > On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Miguel Roig <ro...@stjohns.edu<mailto: > ro...@stjohns.edu>> wrote: > Glad you enjoyed it! I went from two spaces to one, but now I'll have to > make the effort to go back to two. > > And glad to see that TIPS is still alive. > > Miguel (on TIPS since '97). > > ________________________________________ > From: Kenneth Steele [steel...@appstate.edu<mailto:steel...@appstate.edu>] > Sent: Saturday, May 5, 2018 1:41 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] One space or two after a period? > > Hi Miguel: > > Thanks for posting the url. The issue reminds me of a conversation I had > about 2 weeks ago at the end of a class. A student came up to me after > class and said that she had to ask me an important question. She had an > earnest look on her face, and the class had been on auditory physiology and > deafness. I thought the question would be about her or her > parents/grandparents’ hearing issues. Here was her question: > > “One space or two”? > > I laughed heartily and said I was a two-space guy. She then proceeded to > tell me about her issue. She was a writer and had been using the two-space > rule all of her life. But she was taking a psychology course currently and > being told (graded down) for not using the 1-space rule. I assured her > that I had never heard of a manuscript being rejected because the writer > was not in compliance with the journal’s policy on one space or two spaces > after a period. > > At that moment, two more undergraduates entered into the discussion about > the merits of the 1-space vs. 2-space rule. There was much passion about > the issue. I could have been listening to a Red Sox vs. Yankees discussion > in a bar. > > Ken > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------------------------- > Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu<mailto: > steel...@appstate.edu><mailto:steel...@appstate.edu<mailto: > steel...@appstate.edu>> > Professor > Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu > Appalachian State University > Boone, NC 28608 > USA > ------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------------------------- > > On May 5, 2018, at 1:16 PM, Miguel Roig <ro...@stjohns.edu<mailto: > ro...@stjohns.edu><mailto:ro...@stjohns.edu<mailto:ro...@stjohns.edu>>> > wrote: > > The APA Manual states two spaces are better than one. What does the > research say? Check it out: https://www.washingtonpost. > com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/05/04/one-space- > between-each-sentence-they-said-science-just-proved-them- > wrong-2/?utm_term=.efbf00d80b3e > --- > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: ro...@stjohns.edu<mailto: > ro...@stjohns.edu><mailto:ro...@stjohns.edu<mailto:ro...@stjohns.edu>>. > > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=3343621. > 18283a1227eb73d1ce74b7f7163cf851&n=T&l=tips&o=52382 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-52382-3343621.18283a1227eb73d1ce74b7f7163cf...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto: > leave-52382-3343621.18283a1227eb73d1ce74b7f7163cf...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > ><mailto: > leave-52382-3343621.18283a1227eb73d1ce74b7f7163cf...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto: > leave-52382-3343621.18283a1227eb73d1ce74b7f7163cf...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > >> > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: csta...@uwf.edu<mailto: > csta...@uwf.edu>. > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144. > 1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550&n=T&l=tips&o=52383 > or send a blank email to > leave-52383-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto: > leave-52383-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: wuens...@ecu.edu<mailto: > wuens...@ecu.edu>. > > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13060. > c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b3534420e&n=T&l=tips&o=52384 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-52384-13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b35344...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto: > leave-52384-13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b35344...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: One space or two after a period? > From: "Shapiro, Susan J" <sjsha...@indiana.edu> > Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 21:15:11 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > The one space versus two is more related to typed manuscript versus set > type. The two spaces were to provide a stronger cue in typed manuscript > where each letter takes the same amount of space. > When type is set for print the don’t is proportional, with letters like i > and l taking up less space than a w or m. > This makes words in to more solid blocks so the single space is more > visible. > Since word processing is essentially typesetting, one space is appropriate > unless you are using a font like Courier where all letters take up the same > space as with a typewriter. This font is useful for Programming as it makes > line length a cue that you have an error in the code. > There ale also programs that add a half space between phrases to make the > gap a bit wider. This seems to improve comprehension. > > Suzi Shapiro > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: tay...@sandiego.edu > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534. > 4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=52396 > or send a blank email to > leave-52396-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > -- Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 921210 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=52399 or send a blank email to leave-52399-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
