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Date:         Wed, 10 Feb 93 12:43:40 +0100
From: rolf.lindgren@USIT.UIO.NO
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spqr says:
>> is this serious? a sample of *10* sites? how are they being chosen?

10 sites is probably more than enough if the questionnaire is carefully
designed and spread carefully.

I am reminded at this point of one of my favorite lecturers, a
statistician, who says ``B. F. Skinner studied two rats. Based upon the
study of these two rats, he wrote not `The Behavior of Two Rats,' nor `The
Behavor of Rats,' nor `The Behavior of Mammals.' No, based on the study of
his two rats he wrote `The Behavior of Organisms.' ''

What I hope to do is to reach user group leaders who can access user
groups that are not connected to any University.


>> and what about the *zillions* of LaTeX users out there who *don't*
>> belong to a `site', but use a personal machine?

There are only five billion people on Earth, most of these do not have
access to computers :-) I've been thinking a lot about this. I don't know
of any sure way to reach them. What I hope is that the needs of these
users will be relatively similar to the needs of, say, emTeX users who
belong to DANTE.

						Can I suggest Rolf
>> look at some way of getting at some sample of them too? would this be
>> something the national groups could do - provide Rolf with a random
>> sample of 10 names and addresses each of people whom he could contact
>> directly?

This is certainly a good idea. I am hoping for the Americans to come up
with something similar, based on TUG membership records.

>> sebastian

-roffe
rolf.lindgren@usit.uio.no