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Gregory Beattie's avatar

Alison Gopnik could have copied Frank Gilbreth's "therblig"s and called her blickets "kinpogs" instead! 😄

I followed you here from Quora.

Linda Ann Robinson's avatar

Do you have the PDF of the GopniK study on "blickets." I read a truncated version of the study, but would like to see the details on each of the 3 studies. I no longer have access to my former University's library (retired in 2014 from USciences), and most of my colleagues with whom I remain in contact are retired...

ALSO, your DAG's graphic resembles path analysis. Different name in New Zealand, but the same, conceptually??

Thanks in advance.

Dr Jo's avatar

If you look around on the web, you can find copies. The one I discuss is available as a .doc from Gopnik herself http://alisongopnik.com/Papers_Alison/Lucas%20et%20al.%20final.doc (you may get a security warning; if you backtrack to the .com, you’ll find she has most of her papers available), and also at https://cocosci.princeton.edu/papers/WhenChildrenAreBetter.pdf. Let me know if you’re struggling with the others.

AFAIK, ‘DAG’ is pretty universal; they have indeed been used in e.g. critical path analysis, and a variety of other adventures.

Regards, Jo.

Jean Smith's avatar

Thought provoking stuff with my morning coffee. I may need another coffee, however.

Luc Berger's avatar

Interesting.

(Following from Quora.)