es3g.htmlowing the potential clarifying property of classifications of events produced by means of a routinized reiterative procedure .*

Such an application of the method is called "probe." Thus, the above illustration represents an ES probe (ESP) into what is standardized know-ledge on the Watergate Incident.

Note that in the quadrangular arrangement, there are six lines connecting the four anchor points. These are identified by the capital letterings

(A,B,C,D,E,F).


Footnote

* Later it will be shown how this property can be used to contrast participants' knowledge of an event or area. Such contrasts, using a target reference grid of alternative solutions, can be used to measure an individual's understanding of an area or event.


The six lines represent the six resolutions that are possible using each pair of anchor points to imply a contention point. The following pairs are involved: (click for figure 17 here)

This illustration provides three alternative resolutions to each pair of anchor concepts. This is to show that the notation system used in an ES probe will exhaust the relevant lexicon independently of the resoltuions selected at particular places.

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