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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 08:02:54 EST
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- From: Matthew Simpson <054340@UOTTAWA.BITNET>
- Subject: Left-handed hand washing
- In-Reply-To: Message of Thu,
- 21 Jan 1993 09:37:04 -0700 from <WAGNERL@CGSVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU>
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- On Thu, 21 Jan 1993 09:37:04 -0700 <WAGNERL@CGSVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU> said:
- >With regard to the study Matthew Simpson cites regarding the length of
- >time required for men to urinate correlated with the proximity of other
- >men at adjacent urinals; how was the duration measured? Did the bladder
- >empty faster? Did the bladder empty less? Was the time spent unzipping
- >and/or shaking shortened? Was the camera in the lavatory also wired for
- >sound? How wide an angle did the camera view?
- >Without answering these questions, the relevance of the results are
- >inconclusive IMHO.
-
- Larry, the relevance of the results were completely irrelevant to the
- discussion at hand (*er-hem*). The relevance of the method was targeted
- at the issue of ethical treatment of subjects. The question is, do we
- have the right, as researchers, to invade the privacy of others without
- asking for their consent. What constitutes an invasion
- privacy? This is the relevant issue here, not the results of the study.
- Perhaps in another discussion the results could be put in question.
-
- Relevance is relative only to some target objective. The egg-cracking
- method of left-handers may be completely irrelevant if your objective is
- to study their probability of success. However, it may be very relevant
- if you are trying to teach a left-handed egg-cracker how to make an
- omelet.
-
- How's that for cracking two-heads with one egg?
- :-) (ha ha ha ha ha) :-)
-
- Have fun!
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