On Sun, 15 May 2005 00:19:35 +0200, BarryNL
wrote:

Gary S. wrote:

If you look at the topic of his PhD dissertation, he did not exactly
push forward the boundaries of human knowledge then, either.

Food taste preferences of different ethnic groups?

But has anyone actually verified that Mr V. really did this study and
actually does hold a Ph.D? In psychology? I'm further surprised that
this would even be considered a valid topic for a Ph.D in psychology. I
suppose if the focus was on how culture influences taste preference then
this could be a social science issue but it's still on the very borders
of psychology.

This has been looked up before by several people as incredulous as you
are, that a PhD would be awarded to such a person with such poor
scientific reasoning.

Vandeman, Michael Joseph, 1943-
Highest degree: PhD in psychology, 1973
Degree granted by: University of California at Los Angeles PhD
DISSERTATION, at UCLA
"Chemical description of food taste preferences among Black-,
Japanese-, and Mexican-Americans derived by means of nonmetric
multidimensional scaling".

But he has worked for a number of years as a Systems Analyst for
PacBell.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
--
At the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
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