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Subject:Re: 7 plus or minus 2 From:Pat Gantt <pagantt -at- POSTOFFICE -dot- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 29 Jul 1997 01:46:58 -0500
geoff, geoff, geoff,
You are amazin'! If those of you out there that
haven't had the <ah hem> pleasure of grad.
school. Just plowing through an acad/eduspeak
research article, thesis, or dissertation
deserves a medal!
Hats off!
As with single articles, studies, theses,
and dissertations either taken out of context or
not added to the collective intelligence is apt to
be flawed.
I find research <except scientific> lags far
behind what we all inherently know.
I call this the duck test.
If it quacks like a duck... well you know <voice trailing>
>"And finally, what about the magical number
> seven?... For the present, I propose to withhold judgment.
> Perhaps there is something deep and profound behind all
> these sevens, something just calling out for us to discover
> it. But I suspect that it is only a pernicious, Pythagorean
> coincidence."
> *Miller, G.A. The magical number seven, plus or minus two:
> some limits on our capacity for processing information. The
> Psychological Review 63(2):81-97.
>
> --Geoff Hart @8^{)} geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
> Disclaimer: Speaking for myself, not FERIC
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Best Regards,
Pat hates pat answers.
Pat Gantt, M.S. HRD
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