[Air-l] Quantitative Spuriousity

Since at least some of our referencing to quantitative assessment seems to be drawn from in-class responses to professor driven questions... In my graduate class after a lot of snickering and a few tentative raised hands, which after furtive glances around the room were quickly lowered, none of the 30 or so students indicated that they were currently downloading music off the net. In my undergraduate class with similar initial glances and rather stronger indications of humour, all of the students indicated that they were currently (illegally) downloading music off the Net. Hmmm... MG