Gems

[Katie Alcock]

While I'm in agreement that all data need to be rigorously collected,
annotated, and analysed, I think you'll find more than a few people and more
than a little data that disagree with your categorisation of parental
reports of language use as "bad".

Katie Alcock


Katie Alcock, DPhil
Lecturer
Department of Psychology
University of Lancaster
Fylde College
Lancaster LA1 4YF
Tel 01524 593833
Fax 01524 593744
Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html


> From: "r.n.campbell" <r.n.campbell at stir.ac.uk>
> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 16:00:50 +0100
> To: <info-childes at mail.talkbank.org>
> Subject: Gems
>
> Surely in psychology we ought to know by now that 'no bread is much
> better than half a loaf'. It's a difficult enough subject without
> muddying the waters with dodgy data. This GEM collection sounds
> almost as bad as the MacArthur parent-response stuff.
>
>
> Robin
> --
> Dr Robin N Campbell
> Dept of Psychology
> University of Stirling
> STIRLING FK9 4LA
> Scotland, UK