🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1995Aug19.072256.101409@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>,
mattsp@stat1.cc.ukans.edu (Matt Peterson) wrote:

> The Hawthorne effect.  They also noticed that when they increased the
> light for the experimental group, the productivity of the controls also
> increased.  I assume Joe's favorite productiveity study (Ingram, or the
> Navy?) had controls.

Actually, the best productivity study was by A.D. Little. Remember
them--$1 billion dollar management consulting firm? One of the most widely
respected consulting firms in the world?

The study compared experienced Macintosh, Windows, and DOS users and
measured the amount of time it took them to complete a variety of tasks
from printing and opening files to installing the OS. Mac users completed
the tasks in about half the time of Windows users and were 50% more
accurate. The study was actually biased against the Mac users because
there was a section on installing hardware (some type of add-in card--CD
ROM, I believe). The Mac users had to do the whole job, while the hardware
was installed for the Windows users and all they had to do was install the
drivers.

The study's available on www.apple.com.

-- 
 ------------------------------------------------
 Regards,
 Joe Ragosta
 docjoe@interramp.com

 100% Chemical -- and proud of it.

 Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. Copyright, Joseph Ragosta, 1995

 License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $1000. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.

 Any network provider not owned or operated in whole or in part by Microsoft may use this message at no charge.