[Informatics] Hypothesis: Dumb font usage makes writing more memorable.

[Tony Crewe]

Independent and Dependent (Variables)

Pretending to be Mark

From: <informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au> on behalf of "Cleary, Patrick J" <cleary.patrick.j at edumail.vic.gov.au>
Reply-To: Year 12 VCE Informatics Teachers' Mailing List <informatics at edulists.com.au>
Date: Thursday, 20 April 2017 at 12:21 pm
To: Year 12 VCE Informatics Teachers' Mailing List <informatics at edulists.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Informatics] Hypothesis: Dumb font usage makes writing more memorable.

Hi Mark

I’ve been reading through your emails regarding formulating hypothesis, and I’m convinced you are the authority I need to speak to.

You’ve used this key to assist in writing your hypothesis:

IV
DV
EXPLANATION

What do your IV and DV stand for?



From: informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Wednesday, 12 April 2017 2:01 PM
To: Year 12 VCE Informatics Teachers' Mailing List <informatics at edulists.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Informatics] Hypothesis: Dumb font usage makes writing more memorable.

Hypothesis: Deep male voices affect women because women remember manly stuff.

From the same source as the hypothesis above, this one I may leave to your own research.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19518_5-seemingly-random-factors-that-control-your-memory.html

Scroll down to #3 - Deep Voices.
It relates to why deep manly voices affect ladies'  - umm - memories and stuff.
Warning: women's 'nether regions' are mentioned.

Have fun with your research

Mark

Note: Thanks, but I am not interested in a feminist/gay/soprano argument.



On 12 April 2017 at 13:48, Mark <mark at vceit.com<mailto:mark at vceit.com>> wrote:
Hi, font folk

Should we forget what the textbooks (even mine) say about ensuring font / typeface* consistency?

Hypothesis:

(IV) When information is provided in a weird, difficult-to-read font,
(DV) you are more likely to remember it than if it had been in a nice, consistent font.
(EXPLANATION) because when the brain has to work harder decoding a weird font, it also puts more effort into remembering the information.

Data:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/health/19mind.html
http://www.livescience.com/9296-funky-fonts-students-learn.html

But that won't mean the document won't still be ugly.

Mark

Original source<http://www.cracked.com/article_19518_5-seemingly-random-factors-that-control-your-memory.html>

*If you want to argue about the differences between fonts and typefaces, I used to be interested, but it seems largely irrelevant now. Information<https://www.fastcodesign.com/3028971/whats-the-difference-between-a-font-and-a-typeface>.

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