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From: arrom@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee )
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Subject: Re: A survey: forwarded by request
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Date: 18 Nov 88 04:47:44 GMT
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Reply-To: arrom@aplcen.UUCP (Ken Arromdee (600.429))
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This survey seems to me to contain an awful lot of questions of the type
"A, therefore B", with answers ranging from strongly agree to strongly
disagree.  There are, however,several possible opinions which don't
fit into that range too well:

Disagree with A, but agree that given A, B is right.
Disagree with A, and think that even if A was true, B is not right.
Agree with A, but do not think that B follows.
Agree with A, and agree that B is thus a correct conclusion.

The second one is obviously a "no", and the fourth a "yes".  But
what about the others?  If one of those fits your view, should
you answer agree or disagree?  Not to mention the question of partial
lack of knowledge (I don't know if A is true, but if A is true, 
I would then agree/disagree with B)...

(And please, no flames that the author of the survey isn't on the net
and can't read this.)
--
"I don't care if you _did_ do it in a movie once, Gilligan is not breathing
through that reed!"

--Kenneth Arromdee (ins_akaa@jhunix.UUCP, arromdee@crabcake.cs.jhu.edu,
	g49i0188@jhuvm.BITNET) (not arrom@aplcen, which is my class account)