CIMS(1) Blue ACIM Corrected CIMS(2) “OE” MPF Replica
JCIM
Sparkly
1972 HLC
Transcript
of the HLC
Click for An overview of the five HLC editions
(and for ordering and contact information)
We all owe a great debt of gratitude to Raphael Greene, whose work inspired this section of the website. Raphael is responsible for three of the “comparisons.” Since he has no current comparison of the Corrected HLC available, we created one.
Raphael offers his own commentary on three of the editions at the end of the comparison files which the links above will take you to. Before diving into these evaluations, there are a few things the reader should understand about the statistical methodology, and its limitations, to avoid confusing accurate quantitative data for valid qualitative evaluation. In particular, the quantity of “differences” is not a “score” or a “ranking” or any measure of quality at all when comparing editions which all set out to “correct” typos and most of which are inadequately proofed such that they both miss some original errors and introduce new ones of their own. Only when the “total changes” is broken down into “corrections” vs. “corruptions”, can the quality of the respective editions be measured. Only a “replica” (keystroke for keystroke transcript with all typos preserved) itself could get a “perfect score” of “no changes” or “complete fidelity.” None of these editions set out to preserve the original mistakes, so none aimed for “perfect fidelity” to the HLC, typos and all, and certainly none has claimed it!
Except for the “replica” transcript of course!
For a more thorough discussion of the statistical issues in quantitative evaluation, click HERE.