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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (G A Moffett)
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Subject: Re: more interim results from worldwide net readership poll
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Date: Sat, 29-Mar-86 00:29:39 EST
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In article <5784@glacier.ARPA> reid@glacier.UUCP (Brian Reid) writes:

>                    Although a few people have flamed me for the measurement
> not being as accurate as they would like, nobody has come up with a better
> technique, so I propose to keep on doing this until we figure out better
> things to measure.

Indeed, this survey of the net provides us with our first major
collection of data regarding netnews readership, and also
challenges us to decide what methods we will use in the future
to more accurately measure it.

So: don't flame, think!
-- 
Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,seismo,hplabs}!amdahl!gam

Inferior people should not be employed.