[tips] I Am Shocked! SHOCKED!!! Part 374

2010-11-23 Thread Mike Palij
Stunning research results are provided from across the pond which should cause U.S. and Canadian instructors to ponder the effect of cuts to education, especially college education. For the full details, see: http://newsthump.com/2010/09/22/rich-students-have-more-money-than-poor-students-finds-su

Re: [tips] I Am Shocked! SHOCKED!!! Part 374

2010-11-23 Thread sblack
On 23 Nov 2010 at 9:42, Mike Palij wrote: > Stunning research results are provided Due a serendipitous line break in the url which Mike cited, what I received was an even more shocking claim than the one actually made by newsthump, namely: newsthump.com/2010/09/22/rich-students-have-more-mone

Re: [tips] I Am Shocked! SHOCKED!!! Part 374

2010-11-23 Thread Mike Palij
On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:04:47 -0800, Stephen Black wrote: >On 23 Nov 2010 at 9:42, Mike Palij wrote: >> Stunning research results are provided > >Due a serendipitous line break in the url which Mike cited, what I >received was an even more shocking claim than the one actually made >by newsthump,

Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance

2010-11-23 Thread sblack
Despite Allen E's declaration that this thread, with its unlikely subject header, has reached its "sell-by-date" (that's "best by" to Canucks), I can't restrain myself here. I had asserted that the word "verbiage" used by Michael Smith to describe certain TIPS posters carried an insulting conn

[tips] Pavlovian-Thanksgiving conditioning

2010-11-23 Thread michael sylvester
A prof had a dog that was conditioned to "sit" outside the entrance of a shopping mall while he did some shopping inside. However he forgot that he had previously conditioned that dog to escape from an electrified grid at the ringing of a bell. Then the Salvation Army bell ringers came and positi

Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance

2010-11-23 Thread michael sylvester
It is my understanding that products are still effective 10 days beyond their expiration date. Michael - Original Message - From: To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance Despite All

[tips] question about measurement text

2010-11-23 Thread John Kulig
I am looking for an introductory text that covers (1) the variety of ways we collect data - surveys, laboratory experiments, tests, naturalistic observation, etc (2) descriptive statistics & correlations, and (3) the basics of reliability and validity .. A few years ago I used Sommer & Sommer'

Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance

2010-11-23 Thread Michael Smith
Well, I pay little attention to due dates :-) Hmm. It seems the point, silly as it is, is still not getting across. I'll try to simplify further... My point was: Must a post be in essay format to be well thought out, informative, and properly referenced? Put another way, the Essay Hypothesis: "A p

Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance

2010-11-23 Thread John Kulig
Mike S. et al. I've lived in northern new england twice, and long enough, to have leaned the language (e.g. "'yup, nope' and other Vermont conversations"), so I really don't mind the concise or pithy or even abbreviated in surface structure, especially as I frequently catch emails on the fly a

[tips] MICHAEL SMITH

2010-11-23 Thread michael sylvester
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