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September 17, 2008 at 10:14:13
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This 3 part series of articles attempts, through empirical analysis, and citations from relevant academic studies, to consider the barriers faced by the activist community in attempting to achieve the goals it has set for reforming the behavior of American political leadership. In this first in the series, (A War of two Worlds - Part 1) the author introduces a quantitative method which facilitates the assessment of Op-Ed as well as other expository writings. While use of this tool entails considerable time, it serves to construct a framework by which objective comparisons of multiple authors, or articles can be achieved 
An OpEdNews editor, Sherwin Steffin is a retired educator, and research analyst. His working career ranged from classroom teacher, university administrator, founder and CEO of two (more...)
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Veeerrryy In-ter-esting!
Before an evaluation and subsequent change in the OPED ratings format, the author might consider a study of just how often readers take the time to rate what we've read. If more than 50% overall, a conclusion could be reached that the current system meets the needs of most. If 50% or less, it would be reasonable to conclude the current ratings system lacks the ingrediants needed to motivate better usage. Your approach to this is very interesting__the only clear fact to this statement is that what you have presented was very interesting to me. Opinion: I think a simple feature to rating that would contain a tool to break all prose to stand alone sentences with a simple graft of critical evaluation points has merit. Bob Krall, in my opinion, could use you on OPED's editorial board. by Robert Arend (24 articles, 30 quicklinks, 21 diaries, 240 comments [22 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Thursday, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:35:18 PM  (0+)
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Reply: Some points of clarification
Your suggestion regarding the current rating system has merit, except for the fact that the actual page views are inaccessible in the Popularity Control panel. Thus there is no way to currently determine the percentage of those who rate vs. page views. That’s a policy decision for Rob Kall. As noted in the article, I recognize that the application of this evaluation tool is time consuming, and also requires some statistical software for processing the data, which most will not have available. Instead, the application of this technique is part of a much broader issue – that is the question of building a theoretical framework in which those who seek to change attitudes, and motivate action can evaluate the potential of their efforts to achieve the goals that they seek. Part 2 of this series, currently being written, considers the barriers to changing attitudes, no matter how effective is the effort to do so. Finally, I currently am one of a growing number of volunteer editors contributing effort to OEN. by Sherwin Steffin (16 articles, 26 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 119 comments [11 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:51:13 AM (0+)
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