The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint"Compares PowerPoint with alternative methods for presenting information: 10 case studies, an unbiased collection of 2,000 PP slides, and 32 control samples from non-PP presentations. The evidence indicates that PowerPoint, compared to other common presentation tools, reduces the analytical quality of serious presentations of evidence"--Page 2. |
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... report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board . During the spaceflight of the shuttle Columbia in January 2003 , Boeing Corporation engineers prepared 3 quick reports assessing possible damage to the left wing resulting from the ...
... report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board . During the spaceflight of the shuttle Columbia in January 2003 , Boeing Corporation engineers prepared 3 quick reports assessing possible damage to the left wing resulting from the ...
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... report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board suggests that the distinctive cognitive style of PowerPoint reinforced the hierarchical filtering and biases of the NASA bureaucracy during the crucial period when the Columbia was injured ...
... report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board suggests that the distinctive cognitive style of PowerPoint reinforced the hierarchical filtering and biases of the NASA bureaucracy during the crucial period when the Columbia was injured ...
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... Accident Investigation Board in their final report published in August 2003. In a section called " Engineering by Viewgraphs , " the Board went quite beyond my case study of the key PP slide with these extraordinary remarks : As ...
... Accident Investigation Board in their final report published in August 2003. In a section called " Engineering by Viewgraphs , " the Board went quite beyond my case study of the key PP slide with these extraordinary remarks : As ...
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The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within Edward R. Tufte No preview available - 2006 |
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