Archive for the 'Experiments' Category
E-mail: “But in reality, can it really work? Yes it can.”
July 23rd, 2007
Here’s a story from ‘89 about one of the first public demonstrations of the x.400 e-mail standard, which helped e-mail move across platforms. As with all old tech articles, the beauty is in the enthusiastic descriptions of what the new technology will bring.
[I]n a series of tests between Hughes Aircraft Company in Los Angeles, […]
Experiments are not valid.
May 29th, 2007Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so is experimental validity in the mind of the inferrer.*
If this sounds like nonsense, I heartily recommend the following lit review by Albright and Malloy.**
Albright, L., Malloy, T.E. (2000) Experimental validity: Brunswik, Campbell, Cronbach, and enduring issues. Review of General Psychology, Vol 4(4), Dec 2000. […]