I've just taken a test with multiple choice questions after PhotoReading. I just PR the book and did no activation on the chapter I tested. I got 50% correct. Now, I'd love if someone else (who hasn't read the book "Principles & Practice of Marketing" or in any way is skilled in the area of marketing) could do the test. This would be a great comparison, in order to test if the PR step alone made any difference.

Please go to the below link to take the test
and then post your result. http://mcgraw-hill.co.uk/he/web_sites/business/marketing/jobber/files/selftests/job3_mcq_ch21.htm

Hey zeus,

I got a 33.3% without reading the article.

Hopefully that says something for your theory.

-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com ("In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the... Anyone? Anyone? ...the Great Depression, passed the... Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered? ...raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression. Today we have a similar debate over this. Anyone know what this is? Class? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone seen this before? The Laffer Curve. Anyone know what this says? It says that at this point on the revenue curve, you will get exactly the same amount of revenue as at this point. This is very controversial. Does anyone know what Vice President Bush called this in 1980? Anyone? Something-d-o-o economics. "Voodoo" economics." Economics Professor, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off")

To my surprise I did a 6/12, 50% of my answers were correct. I've 0 knowledge about marketing. Answered some by intuition and the rest at random.

Bye.

Just think you all, if you used a manual activation technique then retook the test, what would you think your scores would have been?

I understood that zeus asked for others to simply do the test. I personally don't have that book.

Me neither, I did it without reading, either.

Of course I did **** poor, but that's probably why I'm horrible with money.

-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com ("Mo-ney..." -Pink Floyd)

I didn't check which responses I got right, most of them were answered by luck I bet.

I'm worst than anyone at economy, it just plain bores me. Took me 30min to complete that 12 questions test... answering, lazing at IRC or WWW, then coming back to hassle with the next question, and trying to not fall asleep in the process, etc

6/12 (50.00%)

..i dont think you can use PR like that unless you've done it for a long long time like Paul.

my 2 Cents

[This message has been edited by ahdy2000 (edited December 07, 2001).]

Thanks for your input!

I decided to try the test questions for another chapter. I PR the book one more time and after I closed my eyes I did the Three screens technique (The Silva Method). Then I immediately listened to Super Memory Charger. And then took the test.

Result: I improved my score to 66,67% (8/12)

The test I did can be found at:
http://mcgraw-hill.co.uk/he/web_sites/business/marketing/jobber/files/selftes ts/job3_mcq_ch20.htm

John

[This message has been edited by zeus (edited December 07, 2001).]

5/12 (41.67%)

either you've done somethin rite, or you know some previous info about this...if this keeps working....tell me, i'll jump on the bandwagon

...good researchin

(is memory supercharger to be listened to before or after an activity? you try listening to it before?..just curious)

[This message has been edited by ahdy2000 (edited December 07, 2001).]

I got a .70% without reading the stuff. Marketing is very easy and logical. That is why Marketing graduates don't make that much money, at least in Florida.

But Gian, you're an accountant. You knew all of that stuff before you took the test.

-Ramon

[This message has been edited by razordu30 (edited December 07, 2001).]

The point that I was trying to make is that because marketing is only common sence it will not be a good measurement to probe if Pring works.

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Originally posted by razordu30:
But Gian, you're an accountant. You knew all of that stuff before you took the test.

-Ramon

[This message has been edited by razordu30 (edited December 07, 2001).]

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I'm way out of my league here, but I don't *think* it's farfetched to say it's not necessarily logical or even contain specific patterns.

Otherwise everyone would win at the stock market.

I've seen debates on whether the war industry makes money, and debates on other marketing issues as well...this leads me to believe that marketing is more three dimensional with various results.

Don't play yourself down, Gian! Accounting can be rough, and it takes a lot of knowledge. I'm sure you'll do fine in the business.

Of course, this means I'm also saying that I think the topic was a decent gauge for PRing, but there isn't nearly enough people to take this test to prove anything conclusive. It's more of a little experiment with open ended results for us to reflect on without drawing real conclusions.

Whatever that means

-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com ("Come on, it's just plain wrong to cheat on an ethics test." -My Business Ethics professor warning us on the pitfalls of cheating in his class.)

Total score: 5/12 (41.67%)

I began randomly answering and I got that! incredible!