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  1. Xref: sparky sci.psychology:4406 soc.women:19656 soc.men:19355 sci.anthropology:1393
  2. Newsgroups: sci.psychology,soc.women,soc.men,sci.anthropology
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!walter!qualcom.qualcomm.com!network.ucsd.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!t60bss9
  4. From: t60bss9@mp.cs.niu.edu (Bijoy Sagar)
  5. Subject: Re: More Women Than Men Prefer to be Alone
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov16.022019.18651@mp.cs.niu.edu>
  7. Organization: Northern Illinois University
  8. References: <1doj8oINNjkk@news.aero.org> <11NOV199209183504@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1e1ce3INN4sg@news.aero.org>
  9. Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 02:20:19 GMT
  10. Lines: 26
  11.  
  12. In article <1e1ce3INN4sg@news.aero.org> foy@aero.org (Richard Foy) writes:
  13. >In article <11NOV199209183504@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes:
  14. >>
  15. >>Of course, if the news item didn't give any information
  16. >>about who did the study, it would be hard for a reasonably
  17. >>astute news consumer to take it seriously anyway.
  18. >
  19. >Why?
  20. >
  21. >Richard Foy  Redondo Beach, CA         Standard Disclaimer
  22. >
  23. >
  24.  
  25. Because, without that information, the numbers are meaningless. 
  26. The names and dates ascribes a sense of accountability to the
  27. study group. Without that, anyone could churn out a couple of numbers and
  28. prove that black is white.
  29.  
  30. Bijoy
  31. .
  32.  
  33. -- 
  34. ******************************************************************
  35. | BIJOY SAGAR,               *|* ALL DISCLAIMERS APPLY.          |
  36. | Dept. of Geology, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL60115|
  37. | Internet : t60bss9@mp.cs.niu.edu OR bijoy@geol.niu.edu         |
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