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26 March 2008

Salt Passage and Causal Inference

I'm guessing many of the readers of this blog will get a kick out of this article, which I received in a Research Methodology class I am taking with Prof. Richard Hackman of the Psychology Department.

M. Pacanowsky - "Please Pass the Salt: Examining the Motivational Variables, Idiosyncratic Dynamics, and Historical Precedents Associated With the Utterance," The Washington Post (4/9/78)

Posted by John Graves at March 26, 2008 8:07 PM

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This is great. I particularly liked the comparison of effects when "Assault!" is stated, as opposed to "Salt."

Posted by: Andy Eggers [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 26, 2008 11:41 PM

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