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Re: Re: Single Spacing, Double Spacing, and Doing It Ones Own Way
Subject:Re: Re: Single Spacing, Double Spacing, and Doing It Ones Own Way From:"Mark Baker" <listsub -at- analecta -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 11 May 2004 15:41:58 -0400
Dan Goldstein wrote
> "Practical experience" is anecdotal by definition.
No it isn't. Anecdotal means you heard it from someone else. Practical
experience means you saw it for yourself.
> Usability ought to be
> determined by reproducible research with statistically significant
results.
The conventions of a craft are established when practical practitioners,
people who have seen for themselves, record their findings and discuss it
with their peers until a broad consensus is reached. This is also the way
that scientists arrive at conclusions. Different types of questions require
different types of investigation and analysis, but collegiality is key to
establishing reliable norms in all areas of investigation.
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