Re: [Harp-L] comb test

[Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, that is disappointing. Shame on them.

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:02 AM, Jonathan Ross <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A massive thanks to Brendan and Vern as well as Winslow and Michelle for
> the comb test at SPAH.  This sort of thing takes a lot of work and it's
> clear you were trying very hard to minimize variance and conduct an informal
> but repeatable test that could be analyzed and discussed.
>
> It's a shame that some of the participants chose to scuttle the project
> rather than take part.  The conditions were known in advance, and if they
> had issues once they were there they should have simply backed out and
> allowed you to find others in their place.  What they did was dishonrable in
> the extreme.  Frankly, I think you should post their names--there is a good
> place for public rebukes and this is one of them.
>
> But despite that, thanks again for this effort.  While the data is
> inconclusive (and was always going to be) I think the main thing shown is
> that people will identify difference even when there is none--notably no-one
> got the four brass combs all in a row right, or even all that close to their
> own scores.
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> JR Ross
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