With full respect to the legitimate point Annette is making, my pet peeve
forces me to point out that one characteristic of science is clear
communication and careful use of language.
On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Annette
Taylor wrote:
Needless to say, and here I sit embarassed and upset, I went
Forgive the analogy, but it seems to me that the question really boils down
to whether you practice "between-students" or "within-students" grading of
papers. I, for one, practice the former, but in classes with several papers
(e.g., Intro), I do "up the ante" as the term goes on, expecting an
Your experience would be pitifully funny if it weren't increasingly
common.
Science used to be defined in Popperian terms, as an enterprise with
its goal as prediction and control. Chaos theory thoroughly destroyed
that notion. Complex systems are unpredictable.
Unfortunately, what the
Tom Allaway:
With full respect to the legitimate point Annette is making, my pet
peeve
forces me to point out that one characteristic of science is clear
communication and careful use of language.
I would like to add that some branches of psych are more scientific
than others, in their
A McGill University chemist named Joe Schwarz is a local celebrity in
these parts, tirelessly and effectively promoting the popularization
of science through magic shows, lectures, and entertaining columns in
the Montreal Gazette. As far as I know, he has never disparaged
psychology as a science.
I have been asked to help with the data analysis of a student's
thesis, which he is currently writing up. Unfortunately, I cannot
think of an easy way to analyze part of his data. There are two
dependent variables, one of which is "correlation with expert." I was
able to run a mixed model
Hello everyone,
I have received an email which wanted to "dissuade" me from teaching a
Psychobiology course at a Community College Level. I wanted to explain
the purpose behind this course.
Psychobiology courses are routinely offered at Community Colleges in
California. It is considered a
Annette Taylor posted a wonderful update describing how she attempted to
explain the scientific aspects of psychology to the chemistry instructor who
saw psychology as being unscientific. Nevertheless, in a second post, she
seemed to take it all back by stating the following:
Science used to be
