On measuring people...

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From: idallen
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1985 20:04

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"  With respect to clinical studies in psychology, one commentator,
   J.W. Tukey notes:

   When the right thing can only be measured poorly it tends to cause the
   wrong thing to be measured, only because *it* can be measured well.

": Computing Canada, Jul 11, 1985  p.18
-- 
        -IAN!  (Ian! D. Allen)      University of Waterloo

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