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From: huff@agnes.acc.stolaf.edu (Charles Huff)
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Subject: Re: Student Writing: Can the Machine Maim the Message?
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Date: 21 Jul 90 00:10:36 GMT
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Let's not rag on the study too much.  The author admits that her
observations are tentative and non-systematic, and even suggests a
study with random assignment to follow up.  If we become so anal that
we can accept nothing short of the 'perfect' study, we will accept
nothing.  

Actually, flawed studies are sometimes published with the hope that
they will provoke a frenzy of data gathering (rather than moaning).  

Chuck