Re: [tips] Of Pups And Puzzles

2010-02-21 Thread taylor
If you think the MMPI is a problem, then what about the MBTI, which is used even FAR more often. Pure Barnum effect. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original messag

Re: [tips] 2 x 2 contingency table du jour

2010-02-21 Thread Ken Steele
Jim Clark wrote: Hi A. Nice dataset for demonstrating contingency chi2 and goodness of fit chi2. Here's the analyses in SPSS. data list free / gend assign freq. begin data 1 1 8 1 2 6 2 1 2 2 2 33 end data. B. Two interesting questions implied by Ken's data, given significant effects show

Re: [tips] Of Pups And Puzzles

2010-02-21 Thread Rick Froman
I believe that showing refers to earlier today when Mike saw it (11:00 am). Rick Rick Froman rfro...@jbu.edu On Feb 21, 2010, at 4:46 PM, "William Scott" <: wsc...@wooster.edu> wrote > My last post of the day, all 3 about this interesting movie which I > would love to have both for the ps

Re: [tips] 2 x 2 contingency table du jour

2010-02-21 Thread Ken Steele
See Jim Clark's reply. michael sylvester wrote: Yo did not test for "interaction"? Michael - Original Message - From: "Ken Steele" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 5:57 PM Subject: [tips] 2 x 2 contingency table du jour I just f

[tips] iPhone game called "Shift" and Gestalt Perception

2010-02-21 Thread Britt, Michael
I've been playing this game on my iPhone lately that's kinda fun, but today it occurred to me that maybe the game could be a unique demonstration of the concept of figure and ground perception. The game is called "Shift" and I have a link below to a review of the game that I found on YouTu

Re: [tips] 2 x 2 contingency table du jour

2010-02-21 Thread Jim Clark
Hi A. Nice dataset for demonstrating contingency chi2 and goodness of fit chi2. Here's the analyses in SPSS. data list free / gend assign freq. begin data 1 1 8 1 2 6 2 1 2 2 2 33 end data. weight by freq. crosstabs /tables = gend by assign /stat = all. gend * assign Crosstabulation Count

Re: [tips] 2 x 2 contingency table du jour

2010-02-21 Thread michael sylvester
Yo did not test for "interaction"? Michael - Original Message - From: "Ken Steele" To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 5:57 PM Subject: [tips] 2 x 2 contingency table du jour I just finished grading an easy *extra-credit* assignment

[tips] 2 x 2 contingency table du jour

2010-02-21 Thread Ken Steele
I just finished grading an easy *extra-credit* assignment. Completion of the assignment (a 1-page analysis of an advertisement) resulted in 0.5 point on the final grade. Here are the results: Turn in Assignment MaleFemale Yes 6

[tips] Fw: A fox on campus

2010-02-21 Thread michael sylvester
Rollins College in Winter Park Florida has a yearly tradition which has puzzled me.On any day the President t puts out a fox on the steps of the Administration building and all classes are canceled for that day.In fact they shut down the whole school.I guess there must be similar tradition

Re: [tips] Of Pups And Puzzles

2010-02-21 Thread William Scott
My last post of the day, all 3 about this interesting movie which I would love to have both for the psych testing course but also for the history and systems course. TCM.com says that it is showing it tonight Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:01 AM EST which according to my TIVO puts it in the middle of N

Re: [tips] Of Pups And Puzzles

2010-02-21 Thread Beth Benoit
Well, I guess I *didn't* know that. Don't give me too much credit then! Beth Benoit On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:03 PM, William Scott wrote: > Oops. I'm wrong.The MMPI came first. Beth was of course right. The movie > was produced in 1941 and the MMPI was first published in 1942, but the > develop

Re: [tips] Of Pups And Puzzles

2010-02-21 Thread William Scott
Oops. I'm wrong.The MMPI came first. Beth was of course right. The movie was produced in 1941 and the MMPI was first published in 1942, but the development of it was previous to the film. Bill Scott >>> Beth Benoit 02/21/10 4:48 PM >>> They're still using the MMPI, aren't they? I'd guess we

Re: [tips] Of Pups And Puzzles

2010-02-21 Thread Beth Benoit
I know that, Bill. (I've taught I/O.) But I think it says something about how far we *haven't* come that people, especially business executives and HR departments, still think the MMPI is a valid tool to determine hiring and appropriate placing of employees. Frankly, I think some of the methods

Re: [tips] Of Pups And Puzzles

2010-02-21 Thread William Scott
The MMPI was developed after this film was produced. Bill Scott >>> Beth Benoit 02/21/10 4:48 PM >>> They're still using the MMPI, aren't they? I'd guess we haven't gotten very far beyond Pups and Puzzles... Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sun, F

Re: [tips] Of Pups And Puzzles

2010-02-21 Thread Beth Benoit
They're still using the MMPI, aren't they? I'd guess we haven't gotten very far beyond Pups and Puzzles... Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Mike Palij wrote: > On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:01:33 -0800, Rick Froman wrote: > >It

Re: [tips] Of Pups And Puzzles

2010-02-21 Thread Mike Palij
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:01:33 -0800, Rick Froman wrote: >It looks like Mike has identified the film about Psychometricians that >I have described on this list before. My favorite scene is the stress >test where the psychometrician shoots a gun near the job candidate's >head. I hope some day to

Re: [tips] Of Pups And Puzzles

2010-02-21 Thread Rick Froman
It looks like Mike has identified the film about Psychometricians that I have described on this list before. My favorite scene is the stress test where the psychometrician shoots a gun near the job candidate's head. I hope some day to get this film to show in my Psych Testing class. Rick

[tips] Of Pups And Puzzles

2010-02-21 Thread Mike Palij
I was channel surfing and came across a short film on the Turner Classic Movie (TCM) channel. I came in on a scene where a dog was being given a visual discrimination task which made me wonder what the hell kind of film was this. I checked on the TCM website and found that it was a 1941 Oscar win

[tips] Random Thought: Mid-term Smile and Grrrrr

2010-02-21 Thread Louis Schmier
Well, three academic streams are confluencing in class this week. First, the students are working on "The Song Thing" project; second, I have due what I angrily call "grr," very unproductive, stress-imposing, mid-term "in progress grades;" and, third, students are journaling