TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
At the risk of jumping in where angels (or anthropologists) fear to tread -
the essence of economics is not stats. I am trained as an economic
anthropologist (among other things) and economics is the study of the flow
of goods and services, how they are assigned, allocated, stored, saved,
used, and moved around in a group, culture, or the world, depending on what
you want to look at.
You must understand how and why these goods and service "behave" as they do
to understand the economics of something. That understanding MAY include a
stats analysis, but certainly does not have to. And having a statistical
analysis does not explain much - it is supporting evidence for other things.
sharon
Sharon Burton-Hardin
Anthrobytes Consulting
909-369-8590
www.anthrobytes.com
Vice-president, Programs of the Inland Empire chapter of the STC
www.iestc.org
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Emory <danemory -at- primenet -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Sunday, 11 June, 2000 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: Structure vs Substance?
| The essence of Economics is statistical analysis. There is none in
Kelley's
| article. If Kelley presented his article to a roomful of real economists,
| he'd be laughed out of the building.
|
