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Article #2840Re: Call for Volunteers *warning*
From: Jim De Arras
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 01:42
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 01:42
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In article <1992Oct6.004555.24796@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> aha@kiptron.psyc.virginia.edu (Adult Human Abilities Project) writes: > In article <1992Sep30.222442.22322@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> aha@squeeg.psyc.virginia.edu (Adult Human Abilities Project) writes: > > > >Dear NeXT Computer Users- > > > >It has been suggested that NeXT computer users are different than > >other people -- somehow special. We are psychometricians studying > >adult cognitive abilities and we would like to see if we can measure > >some aspects of these differences. > > > >We have developed a small NeXTSTEP program that allows us to present > >cognitive abilities tests remotely by using the NeXT computer. This > >will be, to the best of our knowledge, the first wide-scale remote > >psychometric testing using the Internet. > > > > > > We have had good response to our call for volunteers. > Thank you to all who have replied. > > We have two small announcements to make at this time. > > 1. A good number of people within NeXT Computer, Inc. have signed > up to participate in the experiment. Due to concerns within > NeXT about network security, the PsyLog program will be distributed > within NeXT using a separate channel. NeXT employees who wish to > participate can obtain PsyLog from Lars Rabbe in IS. Your data > will be encrypted and sent directly to the Adult Human Abilities > Project at the University of Virginia. > > 2. We need some more volunteers. We especially need people who > consider themselves unlikely or unwilling to volunteer. If > you are such a person, please do help us out. Sometimes the > people who don't volunteer are different than the people who > do. We need _everyone_! Do it today! > > Steve Boker > > > -- > The Adult Human Abilities Project *-------------------------------* > Jefferson Psychometric Laboratory | aha@kiptron.psyc.virginia.edu | > The University of Virginia *-------------------------------* > Charlottesville, VA 22903 I just got my test, and did the first half. It gives you a short break in the middle. My countdown clock never started, and the app is now frozen. Considerable mental effort and 1/2 hour plus have been wasted. Your mileage may vary. But you've been forewarned. Jim
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!portal!lll-winken!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!gatech!concert!uvaarpa!clem!news From: jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Call for Volunteers *warning* Message-ID: <1992Oct9.014207.8837@cube.handheld.com> Date: 9 Oct 92 01:42:07 GMT References: <1992Oct6.004555.24796@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: news@cube.handheld.com Organization: Hand Held Products, Inc. Lines: 54 Nntp-Posting-Host: dale