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From: gupta@cullsj.UUCP (Yogesh Gupta)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: CAN WE KNOW SO LITTLE?    Old: Re: Lawsuits (and countersuits)
Summary: Scientific soundness of survey.
Keywords: ignorance, geography, education, learning, teachers,US,USA,foreign
Message-ID: <378@cullsj.UUCP>
Date: 3 Aug 88 19:14:40 GMT
References: <12230@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <12260@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <24171@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Organization: Cullinet Software, San Jose, CA
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In article <24171@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>, wlieberm@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (William Lieberman) writes:
> I read somewhere today that the geography survey we have been discussing:
> the USA placed only ahead of Italy and Mexico. There were around 10 or 11
> countries surveyed (the usual Western industrialized countries. [Is Mexico
> industrialized?])

It is interesting that the survey contained more questions about
finding West European countries than countries in North America
(I know there aren't that many to ask about in N. America :-).
But, doesn't that give an edge to a West European?  If that is
the case, how does one come up with a 'fair' survey?

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Yogesh Gupta                    | If you think my company will let me
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