Philip Arthur Bence PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

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change their content or their method.
Are 'objective' lecturers "more likely to venerate
preaching models from the past?" The median dates from
questions eleven and thirteen (tables 22 and 23) do not
contradict this hypothesis and, in fact, offer it some
support. In relation to both questions, the difference
in median dates between 'objective' and 'subjective' is
only five years. This number appears relatively small.
Yet, the fact that these are median figures (a
statistical method more accurate than the mean) may make
what appears to be a minor difference a meaningful
one.''
The following facts highlight this potential
difference between 'oblective' and 'subjective' teaching.
Regarding book publication dates, seventy-one percent of
the median dates for 'oblective' lecturers come before
the 1977 median of the 'subjective' lecturers. Also, in
relation to the birth dates of the "influencing persons,"
, seventy-eight percent of the median dates for 'objective'
lecturers come before the 1903 median date of the
'subjective' lecturers.
An observation relating to individual responses to
question eleven shows further evidence that 'objective'
lecturers may venerate earlier models. Survey responses
list persons born between 1500 and 1850 sixteen times.
Of those sixteen, fourteen and one-half appear on the
'objective' side; only one and a half appear on the
'subjective'. (One respondent chose both Stewart and