On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:22 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:47:23 EST, William Herrin said:
It's more like one owner in a condominium deciding to "test" the fire alarm without first asking the condo association or letting the other owners know about it ahead of time.
On the other hand, pre-announcing "We will have a fire drill at 8PM Thursday" doesn't do a whole lot to measure the response effectiveness - everybody will start getting their shoes and coats on at 7:55PM.
Tough. One of the greatest difficulties associated with research is that the researcher is expected to follow ethical constraints which impair the effectiveness of the research. Things like soliciting permission from the participants before using them as research subjects. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004