Dangerous Ground
‘THIS is treacing on dangerous ground, but I can’t help noticing that in some of the towns Selwyn Toogood visits with It’s In the Bag competitors
lap up his questions and produce the answers at a tremendous rate, while in others they’re mostly like the man who thought Dachau and Belsen were the names of famous doctors. This situation calls for a whole series of sociological investigations. First, we must know if in all the towns the same cross-section of the community comes to answer Mr Toogood’s questions; secondly, whether he asks questions of equal difficulty in all towns; thirdly, whether intelligence and the possession of general knowledge necessarily coincide. Then there must be a correlation between the results obtained in different districts and other factors operative in those districts, such as (1) ratio of cows to sheep, (2) consumption of Coco-Cola, (3) consumption of The Listener. Then some conclusions might be drawn. Meanwhile; Mr Toogood is treading on even boggier ground than the bloke who said Auckland children have higher I1.Q.’s. I wonder. his
sponsor allows it.
R.D.
McE.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 933, 28 June 1957, Page 15
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182Dangerous Ground New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 933, 28 June 1957, Page 15
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