Dear Tipsters,
Words fail me.
Perhaps the only redeeming thing I can say is that he might serve as a case of
distorted thinking.
It is all very sad.
Sincerely,
Stuart McKelvie
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Dear Martin and Tipsters,
The MBTI has evoked mixed responses from psychometricians. It is almost like
the Rorschach in that it seems to have its detractors and its devotees.
On the negative side, in his testing textbook, Richard Gregory says that it has
a "horoscope-like" quality. On the pos
Dear Tipsters,
I thank Knowledgeable Tipsters for their replies. I particularly appreciate the
detail supplied by this who have done this.
It gives me a new appreciation for what is happening here.
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Dear Tipsters,
Could someone explain to me how H.M.’s brain is being analyzed? I see each
slice occurring and then someone sweeps it away.
But at what stage is the brain being analyzed?
Sorry to be so naïve!
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Dear Tipsters,
I second Ed's thanks to Chris for posting the piece on lectures.
I was interested in what was taken as the accepted truth of teaching:
discussions are the most effect method. Where does this come from? It was also
interesting that students apparently want lectures. Perhaps they k
Dear Tipsters,
For the facebook project and indeed for famous people, what exactly are the
criteria to be adopted to make judgments? We cannot give them the Narcissism
Personality Inventory!
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Roediger, H., L. III, & McDermott, K. B. (1995) Creating false memories:
remembering words not presented on lists. Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21, 803-814.
Dear Michael,
This is the classic study using this paradigm which been tabbed the DRM
procedure
http://www.cochrane.org/index.htm
Dear Tipsters,
You may find this database of research studies to be of interest.
Here is an example of one on social norms and drinking:
http://mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD006748/frame.html
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Dear Tipsters,
Thanks to Chris for the explanation. This helps.
As I noted in a previous post, it would be helpful if APA explained their
reasoning for many of the recommendations. I would not expect them to add to
the length of the manual, but it could easily be set out on their website.
Sinc
Dear Tipsters,
Trying to figure out what APA want is grim task. Trying to figure out WHY they
want it is even grimmer.
In the older versions of the manual I think I remember reading their reason for
having a short title and a running head. The short title in the header (sic!)
does not appear i
Dear Tipsters,
Thanks for Chris for forwarding this.
It gives us a chance to whine collectively.
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Dear Tipsters,
So are all of us who purchased the first edition of the flawed manual (and who
may have asked our poor students to do likewise) going to demand new updated
free copies from APA?
I have written, so far with no reply received.
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Dear Tipsters,
Annette wrote:
"The erratum says:
Page 47 - Figure 2.1, p. 12 of sample paper, second paragraph, line 9, chnge
the hyphen "-1.90" to a minus sign and cluse up space next to the numeral :1:
(<1.90).
BUT, this is part of a statistical report that reads, "ts(23)<-1.90..." The t
wa
Dear Tipsters,
Clear guideline for title page here!
Stuart
-Original Message-
From: Lazer, Stefanie [mailto:sla...@apa.org]
Sent: October 7, 2009 6:54 AM
To: Stuart McKelvie
Subject: RE: APA Format: Running Head
Thank you for your question! "Running head:" should appear
t;Running Head" from all pages starting with
2. So it should be on the title page?
m
--
Marc Carter, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
Baker University
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> -Original Message-
> From: Stuart McKelvie [mailto:smcke...@ubisho
Dear Tipsters,
This sample paper is not correct in that "Running head" appears on the title
page and the errata says it should be removed!
Erratum
Page 41 - Figure 2.1, p. 2 of sample paper, delete words "Running head:" in top
left corner of page and on all remaining pages of the sample paper.
Dear Tipsters,
Many thanks for Blaine for posting the corrections link.
Sincerely,
Stuart
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"Recti
Dear Tipsters,
It was my understanding that the words "Running head" are no longer needed. The
new sample manuscript has taken them away from all pages except the title page.
Because the running head is now part of the header rather than in the body of
the title page, and the same header appea
Dear Annette and Tipsters,
This is an interesting reply and a step in the right direction.
Sincerely,
Stuart
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"Floreat Labore"
Dear Tipsters,
While I heartily approve of MS quoting a Dylan line ("You don't need a weather
man to know which way the wind blows"), it is disheartening to see that his
"pithy" comment undercuts our academic debate.
All AE did was to make a reasonable request for a citation for MS's claim, for
Dear Tipsters,
And we also have this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8215554.stm
Sincerely,
Stuart
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"Floreat Labore"
"Recti cultus pectora roborant"
S
Dear Tipsters,
I thought this might be of interest to some.
Sincerely,
Stuart
Canadian Psychology © 2009 Canadian Psychological Association
2009, Vol. 50, No. 2, 91-97
0708-5591/09/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0014393
Psychology Without Caucasians
Thomas Teo
York University
Based on historical, theore
Dear Annette and Tipsters,
Here are three "people" at APA who have replied to me:
1. Style Expert [styleexp...@apastyle.org]
2. VandenBos, Gary [g...@apa.org]
Publisher, APA
3. Gasque, Anne [agas...@apa.org]
Senior Editor, APA Style
Sincerely,
Stuart
anities and Social Sciences
Professor of Psychology
Box 3055
John Brown University
2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761
rfro...@jbu.edu
(479)524-7295
http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman
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From: Stuart McKelvie [mailto:smcke...@ubishops.ca]
Subject: RE: [tips] Running head
Dea
Dear Jim and Tipsters,
Perception & Psychophysics returned a paper to me unread because it did not
follow APA format.
Sincerely,
Stuart
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"Floreat Labore"
for some $15 only rubs
salt in the wound.
I encourage all frustrated Tipsters to write to APA and express their
indignation.
My colleague Leo Standing and I have already done so.
Sincerely,
Stuart McKelvie
Dear Tipsters,
For Mike and others. Here is the end of the Blitzer interview again. You can
decide the balance between the law and judgment.
Stuart
MacAskill: In Scotland, we deal with these matters through the court system. We
do not possess a system of vengeance or vigilantism. If my son or
Dear Michael and Other Tipsters,
On CNN, there was a very interesting interview with the Scottish politician who
made the decision and accepted that "the buck stops here". Despite goading by
Wolf Blitzer that he would be forever associated with his decision and that he
would have to live with i
Dear Tipsters,
Chris issued a wee challenge.
The Independent says:
"Expect to wince as a faux-moody, Howlin Wolf-esque version of Silent Night
hits the charts this December, forcing Dylan loyalists, once again, to come to
terms with their hero dismantling his recent artistic success."
Or:
To
Dear Tipsters,
In view of Bob's geographical meanderings to pick up atmosphere, consider this
line from "A Feel a Change Comin' On" (Together Through Life, 2009):
"Some people they tell me
I've got the blood of the land in my voice".
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Debar Tipsters,
Perhaps the Dylan thread can be related to psychology and the teaching thereof
as follows.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone (Issue 1078, I think), Dylan stated
when when he visited the town where Elvis Presley was born, he would wander
around, picking up the atmosphere,
he didn't pull a Henry
Louis Gates :-)).
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From: Stuart McKelvie [smcke...@ubishops.ca]
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 9:57 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Like a complete unknown
Dear Tipsters,
With that title, I thought for a blessed moment
Dear Tipsters,
With that title, I thought for a blessed moment we had the beginning of a Dylan
thread on TIPS. Ah well..
Sincerely,
Stuart
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"Floreat labore"
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Via Web Access
"Floreat labore"
"Recti cultus pectora roborant"
--
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Dear Tipsters,
DKH (and someone else - sorry, can't remember whoO, noted that "Up next" refers
to baseball. That makes sense: "The batter coming up next is" can be
shortened to "Up next".
But I agree that shorter is better in general, so I prefer just "next" when it
is not baseball.
Since
egate or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think
rationally, and to deal effectively with his environment" (1939)
--
John W. Kulig
Professor of Psychology
Plymouth State University
Plymouth NH 03264
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Dear Tipsters,
"Up next" instead of "next".
S.
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"Floreat labore"
"Recti cultus pectora roborant"
--
Dear Tipsters,
Moving on to a related language practice:
"Any time soon" instead of "in the near future" or simply "soon".
Any other examples of "filler" phrases that take up time and space?
What about this from the advertising world: "All new" (when it is clearly not).
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Dear Tipsters,
What do you think about the ubiquitous use of "looking to" when it means
"hoping to" or "expecting to" "or "wishing to"? It annoys me.
Am I an old fuddy-duddy who is not tolerant of one of our "natural" language
evolutions or am I correct that there is a perfectly acceptable an
Dear Tipsters,
Mike's posting is interesting.
May I add that much of this issue resolves around the issue of generalizability
or external validity.
This has most sensibly been discussed by Doug Mook in the following article:
Mook, D. G. (1983). In defense of external invalidity. Am
iversity
Siloam Springs, AR 72761
rfro...@jbu.edu
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From: Stuart McKelvie [smcke...@ubishops.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 12:57 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] APA Style Questions
Dear Tipsters,
I apologize in advance if th
Dear Tipsters,
I apologize in advance if this has been covered, but I think not.
1. On p. 51 if the new manual, the "Footnotes" heading has no boldface and no
italics. Because other section headings are different (e.g. References is in
bold), I am wondering about this one.
2. On page 39, it is
Dear Tipsters,
Given the inconsistencies between the APA manual text and model manuscript,
together with other ambiguities, does it not make you wonder how all this could
happen after, I assume, 9 years of work?
Somewhat cynically yours,
Stuart
Dear Tipsters,
At Bishop's University, a small, liberal arts, mainly undergraduate
institution, professors are considered for the following: reappointment,
tenure, promotion and periodic evaluation every 4 or 5 years. In all cases,
there are three criteria: teaching performance, scholarship/pro
Dear Steve, and Tipsters,
This reference comes from Hebb's paper "What psychology is about", published in
the American Psychologist.
Hebb, D. O. ( 1974 ). What psychology is about. American Psychol ogist, 29,
71-79.
The exact wording does not refer to all the people you are asked about, but t
Dear Tipsters,
Another change is that references must also end with the
doi number, if possible.
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Dear Annette,
That was the message MS sent, although he did say he would reduce the mark for
cheating. I guess that was in the past or it could perhaps apply to exams where
people may try to copy and claim they were "sharing".
I think that the skill required to write a paper or research repor
Subject: Re: [tips] Cross-cultural for Tipsters (2)
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From: Stuart McKelvie <mailto:smcke...@ubishops.ca>
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
<mailto:tips@acsun.frostburg.edu>
Sent:
Dear Michael,
You make a good case for arguing that behaviours may be perceived differently
in different cultures. Such information may help us understand these behaviours
in different situations.
But here is the nub of my question:
If you were teaching a class and found people in a c
Dear Tipsters,
MS wrote:
"What we call cheating may be interpreted differentially.I have noticed that
among some Moslem students working out assignments together or even sharing
answers or allowing other Moslem affiliates to copy is almost like a religious
obligation-as if a good moslem
Dear Tipsters,
Thanks to Chris for his corrections.
May I add that the Milgram himself compared men and women and studies
have also replicated his findings in Germany and in the Middle East -
'way back in the 70s.
Sincerely,
Stuart
Michael has apparently confused "creative"
Dear Tipters,
.and at what new cost, may I ask?
Stuart
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Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9661
Bishop's University,
2600 College Street,
Dear Tipsters,
I am not a clinician, but I would have thought there is another reason to
require scientific training in psychology in addition to being able to make
informed choices about empirically-supported therapies: It might help the
practitioner think like a scientist when engaging in dia
-Canadian,
but if their spoken English was a problem, the bilingual host, Ben Mulroney,
could always help them out.
I hope that Susan gets her chance. Paul Potts did. I saw him perform at Places
des Arts in Montreal last year.
Sincerely,
Stuart McKelvie
Dear Tipsters,
To play the Devil's Advocate slightly:
One person (a policeman or possibly prosecutor, I think) stated that eyewitness
testimony evidence was still important and sometimes crucial to making a case
against a suspect.
And we saw some changes in procedures to make line-up ID more v
Dear Tipsters,
I wonder if the term "quantification" should be included in the definition of
science?
The key part of the "new" definition is "a systematic methodology based on
evidence".
I would think that some historical and other humanities research could meet
that requirement.
I thought
Dear Tipsters,
With regard to the question the causes of cancer, Eysenck has argued that a
number of variables combine synergistically. He includes genetic, personality
and smoking as examples. One of the points that he made (which caused
controversy) is that there may be some people (person
Dear Tipsters,
Paul asks:
"Would we consider either or both of these examples cheating? Do you
explicitly (in your syllabus) disallow such reuse of papers in your
classes?
Why?"
At Bishop's, we specifically outlaw this practice. This is what we say
in our academic honesty document:
"Guideline 6
Dear Tipsters,
I read the postings by Karl, Rick and Mike and a personal note from Chris.
1. I should have said that I wrote to the editors (not to the referees).
2. Editors were indeed interested in my observations and the one that had sent
the anonymous manuscript asked if one of the authors
Dear Tipsters,
May I ask how Chris and others how you would react to this?
I recently was asked to review two papers from two different journals. One
manuscript was anonymous and the other was not.
The two papers presented different data but they referred to fairly similar
research questions.
Rick asked if anyone else teaches regression to the mean basic on classical
test theory assumptions.
This is exactly what I do too.
Stuart
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Department of Psyc
Dear Tipsters,
I was interested in the a/b/c/d links to percentage grades.
At our university, we still work with raw percentages.
However, at one time, we did use a system like this:
A, B, C, F
As Stephen has pointed out, 50% is the pass and was the cutoff between A, B, C
and F.
But for you
two ways: with a major or honours specialization or with two or
more minors.
If this rule applies at your institution, perhaps this student has satisfied
the requirements for a minor in psychology and a minor in another discipline.
Sincerely,
Stuart McKelvie
ctory textbooks,
In view of the fact that a variety of people have defended the book in general
and agreed that it is strong on cross-cultural issues
Will you please answer my earlier question?:
"Michael, please tell us why you dislike Myers's text?"
Sincerely,
Dear Tipsters,
I also wonder why MS regards Myers as one of the worst, particularly because he
takes pains to be less American-oriented than other texts, i.e., there are many
cross-cultural references and ideas in his book.
Michael, please tell us why you dislike Myers's text?
Stuart
Dear Tipsters,
Thanks for Chris for this information, which I was totally unaware of.
And in honour of a person who has contributed greatly to psychology, I hope
that I am correct in saying that his name is pronounced "Zcience" (something
like "science" with a "z".).
I am checking be
Dear Tipsters,
It is my understanding from the memory literature that there are two ways in
which information can be sent from STM to LTM. One is rote rehearsal or
maintenance rehearsal, in which information is simply repeated, and the other
is elaborative rehearsal, in which the information is
Dear Tipsters,
It is my understanding that, in Canada, having an honours degree in psychology
is actually a requirement for entry into a graduate programme in psychology.
Exceptions may be made in rare cases. Of course, a major in pscychology may be
sufficients for entry into other programmes s
Dear Tipsters,
Although I was wishing a couple of times for more, I think that a limit of 3 is
a good guideline, so I vote for 3.
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Of course, in England, you can take an A-level in psychology!
Stuart
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Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9661
Bishop's University,
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Dear Jon,
Thanks very much for this.
Stuart
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Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9661
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2600 College Street,
Dear Gary,
We offer a B.A. with Concentration in General Psychology, Clinical Psychology,
Health Psychology and Human Resourses Psychology.
We also offer a B.Sc. degree in Neuroscience, with quite a bit of bio0logy and
chemistry.
Detail can be found on our website (link below).
Stuart
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Dear Jonathan,
Thanks for this invaluable listing.
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9661
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Dear Tipsters,
I don't know about years, but for an interesting and extremely moving account
of B. F. Skinner's final days, read this. I have quoted parts in my
introductory psychology classes and can attest to moist eyes - mine included.
Journal of Applied Behavioral Analysis, 1990, 23(4).
B.
Dear Tipsters,
As someone who has been a co-author on a recent paper on this topic (we
compared Anglophones and Francophones in Quebec), here is a comment.
1. The original article is not yet available so we cannot comment on the
accuracy of the story.
2. The subtitle implies that the resear
Dear Tipsters,
If the issue here is student perception of "hard", we have difficulties. Where
does the average new psychology student come from? Natural Sciences?
Humanities? The Arts? What exactly do they expect?
As has been said:
Natural Science students may find psychology easier concept
Dear Tipsters
Wise counsel from Chris, who has the historical perspective on this
question.
I wonder if he or someone else can enlighten us if physics has a special
meaning for "law"?
Stuart
I don't think that "law" denotes anything particularly fundamental in
psychology (other than the fact
can be
referred to as a "law" is a little too mushy a definition for my tastes.
Michael
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.thepsychfiles.com
On Aug 12, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Stuart McKelvie wrote:
> Dear Michael,
>
> This may only throw a huge spanner in the works, but McBurney and
>
Dear Michael,
This may only throw a huge spanner in the works, but McBurney and White's book
on research methods use the term "law" as equivalent to "relationship". So, for
example, the frustration-aggression hypothesis is a law for them. There would
be many "laws" with this approach!
Stuart
brooke,
Québec J1M 1Z7,
Canada.
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page:
http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy
http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy>
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Dear Tipsters,
Here is a research study that you may find interesting.
At a university in Michigan in the 1970s and 1980s, students were admitted to a
graduate programme in psychology without regard to GRE scores, which radically
reduces the usual restriction of range problem.
The re
Could a case be made for the first systematic approach to what we know today as
neuroscience as emanating from the lab and pen of Donald Olding Hebb
(Organization of Behaviour, 1949)? I would not claim he was the first
physiologiocal psychologist because he studied at the feet of great ones, but
Dear Tipsters,
Hats off to Chris for an articulate presentation of the historical record. We
can debate issues but not without clear
facts.
As an additional note on construct validity and Michael Sylvester's implication
that this may be a problem when discussing scores of people from dif
hat the ideas were mainly developed in Europe, does this makes them
"Eurocentric"? Does "Eurocentric" have a negative overtone for you? If so, why
would that be so in this case?"
Michael, may I politely point out that we stil
overtone for you?
If so, why would that be so in this case?
Stuart McKelvie
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Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9661
Bishop's Uni
Story from Quebec
A few years ago I ran a road race in Vermont on the other side of the Quebec
border. At prize-giving time, the announcer was dumfounded when he presented
the race winner, saying (or words to this effect): "This is the first time that
our event has been won outright by a wom
Dear Margie,
I mention websites to students and direct them to the model manuscript in our
course textbook (McBurney and White), which unfortunately deviates from APA
format in a few places.
However, I have my own handout that summarizes how to present an APA-style
research report.
Sincerely,
e of Idaho
Caldwell, ID 83605
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and
systems
"You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker
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Sent:
Dear Tipsters,
Could someone explain to me the logic behind the Christian claim that Christ's
dying pays for OUR sins?
Stuart
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Michael, why would you assume we doubt you?
I always ask because I would like to read the original because I am interested.
That's what Ph.D.s usually do (I assume).
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"The FAE only exusts in Eurocentric individualistic cultures.It is rare
in
collectivist cultures.
Michael"
Academic reference, please.
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Dear Tipsters,
>From the news report, this man does seem to have a remarkable long-term
>autobiographical memory. However, it is not clear if he is a mnemonist like
>Luria's "S", who committed vast amounts of new information to memory using
>conscious strategies such as imagery.
Sincerely,
St
hat a patient undergoing brain surgery
> to relieve his Parkinson's symptoms began recalling events
> long thought to be forgotten.It is implied that the future of Alzeimers
> research may involve some form of brain surgery.
to which Stuart McKelvie asked the usual:
> Michael
Michael:
Where?
Reference, please.
Stuart McKelvie
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu 2/14/2008 5:32 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Serendipity/ Modern day Penfields
It has been reported
Dear Rick,
ANOVA is fairly robust with regard to violation of assumptions, so it depends
how badly the assumption was violated.
If you look at the variances in the conditions, is there an outlier or outliers
that might explain the problem?
Could you drop it? (with care.)
Anoth
Dear Annette,
Thanks very much indeed.
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9661
Bishop's University,
2600 College Street,
Dear Jon,
Many thanks for this labour of love.
Stuart
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Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9661
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2600 Colleg
Dear Tipsters,
Kudos to Stephen on the detailed critical analysis of claims made about
psychologists and also on the issue of author ethics. We cannot permit editors
to get away with the kind of practice that he was subjected to.
Sincerely,
Stuart
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Dear Louis,
All the points you make are well taken.
However, what do you say about the writing skills of undergraduates over the
years? That is the main issue.
And if we think they are declining, why is it?
a) More lenient entry standards, so more people accessing higher edu
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