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The test did say that subjective enjoyment with tablets was higher. Was that the part of the test you're agreeing with? (while you dismiss the rest of course) |
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07-12-2010, 12:47 PM | #62 |
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I'm saying that as far as I know, they aren't propagandists or in the pay of publishers, as you so blithely are willing to accuse them of. Norman and Nielsen are pretty respected UI guys-or at least they are in my industry.
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I wouldn't even want to be in the same room when you set her off with that! |
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So, you are requiring me to email her, and get a quotable opinion, implying that I would just LIE to you? That certainly raises my suspicions about YOU.
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07-12-2010, 01:12 PM | #69 | |
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And I really don't appreciate A-holes like LDBoblo calling me a LIAR, just because I disagree with them. |
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07-12-2010, 01:15 PM | #70 |
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Well, I only use fonts that do have italics version available, alongside the regular and bold and I have purchased an e-book reader that can use them.
I wonder how much ligatures affect reading speed. I am sincerely curious. Can you point me to a good article or a book that talks about ligatures in depth? I suspect that ligatures evolved because it was impractical for typesetters to manually stack thin and tiny i after an f that has a kind of overhang. I do not think that ligatures were developed for speed of reading. Just have a look at the oldest examples of fonts that did feature ligatures. I have read a text recently that made use of the ct, st, ft, and other ligatures and each of those was a jolt that brought my eyes out of reading rhythm. |
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The other problem with these guidelines is that they don't take the complexity of the sample into account. If you need to control for several variables, your sample size needs to be higher to be sure you've adequately represented everyone. In this case, we should be looking at the type of material being read, the reading ability of the participants, vision issues, language of the materials and primary language of the reader, level of comfort with technology of the reader, reading conditions (e.g. outdoors in daylight vs. in a well-lit room vs. in a dimly-lit room), etc. Essentially, any circumstances you want to be able to generalize across need to be taken into account in your sample selection. (If you only want to be able to generalize to American full-time college students at four-year public institutions, your sample probably wouldn't need to be as large.) In this case, the results of the comparison were not found to be significant. That's partly because of the small sample size. A study of this size doesn't have sufficient power to detect a significant difference, even if there is one. The qualitative data collected (the participants enjoyed the experience of using an ebook reader) is fine, though not generalizable. A study of this type can be useful to generate hypotheses which could be tested in a larger, more quantitatively rigorous study. But no conclusions can be drawn from the study as presented. (And for those who wonder about my qualifications, I'm working on a dissertation involving quantitative research in the use of technology in the learning process-- not that far from the stated goals of this study.) |
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Well, I'm outta here. I thought this was a reasonable, intellectual discussion among friends, but LDBoblo has turned it into hateful attacks against me for disagreeing with him/her/it.
I no longer have any desire to participate in this forum. Goodbye. |
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